Kathy Biggs has been a nature lover all her life. As a child she traipsed through the fields and hills around her homes in the Bay Area, enjoyed camping outings, collected insects, and tried unsuccessfully to catch birds by shaking salt on their tails. After she married she and her husband became birders, first joining Mt. Diablo Audubon and then after they moved, Madrone Audubon in Santa Rosa. But it was when she and Dave built their wildlife garden pond using mostly native plants in Sebastopol, that the dragonflies arrived and became her passion.When she discovered that there were no guides available for the dragonflies, she began collecting her own data which, as an educator, she decided to first "publish" on the Internet to share with others. The web site eventually evolved into her first book, Common Dragonflies of California, A Beginner's Pocket Guide (2000).Kathy worked as an educator in her hometown of Sebastopol, CA in the Gravenstein School district for 18 years before becoming an author/publisher/dragonfly/wildlife pond spokesperson. She and Dave enjoy excursions to many areas both to see the dragonflies and to teach people about them and about wildlife ponds.Kathy's second book, Common Dragonflies of the Southwest, A Beginner's Pocket Guide was published in 2004. This book includes the common dragonflies of the GREATER SW, inc. CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ and NM and not only includes more dragonfly species, but also expands the area where she and Dave can `teach' dragonflies.In 2006 Kathy developed a dust jacket for her Southwest Dragonfly Guide which includes pictures of some of the endemic and rare California dragonflies. This dust-jacketed book now replaced the out-of-print Common Dragonflies of California (over 11,000 copies sold).In 2007 Kathy and Tim Manolis (author of Dragonflies and Damselflies of California, UCPress) corroborated and produced the first ever dragonfly coloring book: Dragonflies of North America, A Color and Learn Book with Activities. This book is also available on a CD.In 2009 Kathy totally revised and updated the out-of-print Common Dragonflies of California, A Beginner's Pocket Guide. The new revised edition has more species, better photos, and all updated accounts.She hopes to turn you on to dragonflies and wildlife ponds too!