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Audrey Wood (born August 12, 1948) is an American children's author known for publishing more than 40 picture books, many with illustrations by her husband Don Wood, including the Caldecott Honor-winning King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (1985), Heckedy Peg (1987) and The Napping House (1984), which sold over 2.1 million copies worldwide as of 2015. The couple resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Wood grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the oldest of three girls, and wanted to be a children's book author since she was in the fourth grade. Her first memories of storytelling were in Sarasota, Florida, where her father was employed by Ringling Brothers Circus, commissioned to repaint the big top and sideshow murals. As Audrey became friends with the characters of the circus, she heard stories about them from the family of "little people" who lived next door to her family. Wood told stories to her little sisters, and used her parents' art books to make up stories about the paintings.

Wood uses children's literature to practice art, music, drama, dance, and writing. Her work creates a sense of imagination and excitement. She loves step-and-repeat stories for the "music of language". An example of this would be her famous book, The Napping House.

She met Don Wood, her future husband and collaborator, while they were students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Seven years after they married, he began to illustrate her books after being disappointed by the appearance of her first book when it was published in England. They published their first collaboration, Moonflute, in 1980. Don Wood went on to illustrate close to 20 of her books, including King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, which received a Caldecott Honor in 1986. Audrey Wood credits the birth of their son, Bruce Robert Wood, for giving her increased motivation for her writing career. Bruce went on to become a fifth generation artist and another illustrator of her work.