Dori Hillestad Butler is a southern Minnesota native who loves to read. She loved school and she always knew she wanted to be a writer. Going into college she didn't know what she wanted to do so she decided to take a year off from college to focus on writing, which she realized was her passion. Now, she has published magazine stories, educational materials, plays, book reviews, and characters for a board game. By the end of 2015, she will have published 42 books for kids. She is now an avid dog lover to her loving black lab.