Dr. Mel Rosenberg hosts the Children's Literature Channel of the New Books Network, where he has interviewed over 150 published authors, editors, agents and publishers. His three animated stories for TED-Ed have been viewed by over 13 million people. In his previous career, Mel was Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University. Mel is also a jazz musician and singer. Emily Saw a Door, his first children's book, received Israel's prestigious Dvora Omer Award for Excellence in Children's Literature.