Margaret Willey grew up in a lakeside town in Michigan, the eldest daughter in a family of eleven children. Reading stories and poems to her younger brothers and sisters led her to a life of writing stories and poems for young readers. She is the author of many young adult novels, most recently BEETLE BOY (Carolrhoda Lab, 2014) as well as FOUR SECRETS (Carolrhoda Lab 2012). She has also written picture books with an emphasis on folktales. She is the author of the CLEVER BEATRICE series, as well as THE 3 BEARS AND GOLDILOCKS (Atheneum 2008). She has received many honors for her books, including The Charlotte Zolotow Award and the Anne Izard Storytellers Choice Award. In 2010 she was given the GWEN FROSTIC AWARD from the Michigan Reading Association, an award for impacting literacy in her state. She continues to write for both teens and younger readers. Her novel BEETLE BOY was a 2014 IndieFab Finalist and an Honor Book in the category of Children's Fiction from the Society of Midland Authors. Find out more about Margaret at www.margaretwilley.com