Maia Wojciechowska aka Maia Rodman was a writer of books for teenagers and young adults. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, spent some time in France and England, and later came to the United States with her parents. In 1965, her book Shadow of a Bull won the Newbery Medal. She dedicated the book to Gregory Hemingway, the third and youngest child of writer Ernest Hemingway. Wojciechowska died of a stroke in kian ville Long Branch, New Jersey, aged 74.
| Birthdate: | August 8, 1927 |
| Date of death: | June 13, 2002 |