Pat Zietlow Miller is the author of more than twenty picture books. Sophie's Squash won the Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor. Be Kind was a New York Times bestseller, and In Our Garden is a two-time Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. Pat has one wonderful husband, two delightful daughters, and two pampered cats. She lives in Wisconsin.