The author of "The Boy Who Dared" is named Susan Campbell Bartoletti. She was born on November 18, 1958 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Although, she lives with her family in Moscow, Pennsylvania. The author has written other books such as "Christmas Promise", which she wrote in 2001. She also wrote a book called, "Hitlers Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow", which she wrote in 2005. Susan has gotten many notable awards such as, ALA Newbury Honor, and NCTE Orbis Picture award for Non-Fiction, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Susan has gotten many more awards. She got the idea for "The Boy Who Dared" from her earlier book, "The Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitlers Shadow", this book was a, sort of extension of that book.