Dori Hillestad Butler

Dori Hillestad Butler is one of the well known novelists from The United States, who is famous for writing children’s books. She is also renowned for writing short stories based on the young adult genre. Author Butler is the only child of her parents. She hails from Fairmont, U.S., where she spent her early days growing up writing stories as she did not have any siblings to play with. It took author Butler several years to sell the book that she wrote first. After that, she wrote 4 more books and then decided to shift her focus towards writing young adult short stories. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and numerous literary magazines over the years. Author Butler also has interests in writing educational materials as well as edit stories for an educational website. She even writes a regular column in a local daily newspaper about book reviews. As of today, author Butler is happily married and has two sons named Andy and Ben. She resides in Kirkland, Washington, along with her family members as well as a cat called Ashley, a beta fish called Willie, and a cocker spaniel called Molly. Author Butler was born on August 26, 1965. Her writing career spans over forty children’s books, plays, magazine stories, etc. Her most famous novel is titled as ‘The Truth about Truman School’. This 2008 young adult story focuses on the important matter of cyber bullying. Another popular book written by her, My Mom is Having a Baby, appeared in the list of the most challenged novels for its depiction of conception and childbirth. In 2010, author Butler wrote a mystery book which went on to win the Edgar Award in 2011 in the category of the best juvi mystery. Prior to the start of her writing career, author Butler used to work in a library as a page.