Teacher, mother, grandmother, and former child—Kristin Butcher taps all these resources when creating her books for young people. Kristin published her first middle grade novel in 1997 and hasn't looked back since. She now has 30 books for young people—fiction and non-fiction—with many more under construction.

Kristin Butcher never planned to be a writer, but she’s been doing it professionally now for nearly 25 years, and she still loves it. Kristin has been a finalist for the Sheila E. Egoff Award, the IODE Violet Downey Award, the Silver Birch Award, CLA Book of the Year Award and many more. Her books have been OLA Best Bets and ALA Quick Picks selections, and she is a two-time winner of the Chocolate Lily Award.

Kristin can't imagine not writing. Aside from family, it is the single most rewarding part of her life, and even if she never published another book, she would continue to create stories.

For more information about Kristin and her books, visit her website at www.kristinbutcher.com.