Dori Hillestad Butler
Dori Hillestad Butler is an American author of children's books. She has written more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials. Her first published book came in 1997, titled The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off, which propelled her career. She is known particularly for The Truth about Truman School, a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying, and for My Mom's Having a Baby, which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most challenged books for its portrayal of conception and childbirth. Her 2010 mystery title, Buddy Files: Case of the Last Boy, won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery published in 2010. Prior to becoming a children's author, Butler worked for three years as a page at a library. She is married with two sons. The family lives in Kirkland, Washington.
