I'm a writer, attorney, reporter, and retired director of publications for a government agency. I started writing books when my oldest daughter—then in first grade—asked me if I could “make a book on how the government works.” So I did, and was fortunate to get it published. Shortly after it came out, my younger daughter, predictably, asked me to write a book for her, too. So I asked her what to write about, and she said "cool things about presidents." That’s how my second book came to be. When my editor asked me if I had any more book ideas, I told her that my older daughter suggested the first book, and my younger daughter suggested the second book, but now I was out of ideas. So my editor said: "You know, Syl, you should have had more kids."