LuElla D'Amico is Associate Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. Her scholarly and teaching focus is on early United States literature, children's literature, Christian women's writing, transatlanticism, and girlhood studies. She has three edited collections on girls' literature. Her forthcoming book, Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith through Children's Literature, looks at classic and popular children's books via a Catholic lens. Her public writing about the Catholic faith, feminism, children's literature, education, popular culture and other topics can be found at Notre Dame's Church Life Journal, America Magazine, Busted Halo, and Current, among other venues. She is a joyous Catholic convert who lives with her husband, two children, and rambunctious chihuaua Leroy on the outskirts of San Antonio.