Pat Zietlow Miller knew she wanted to be a writer ever since her seventh-grade English teacher read her paper about square-dancing skirts out loud in class and said: "This is the first time anything a student has written has given me chills." (Thanks, Mrs. Mueller! You rock!)Pat started out as a newspaper reporter and wrote about everything from dartball and deer-hunting to diets and decoupage. Then, she joined an insurance company and edited its newsletter and magazine.Now, she writes insurance information by day and children's books by night. Her first picture book, SOPHIE'S SQUASH, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf was released in 2013 from Schwartz & Wade, a division of Random House. It won the Golden Kite Award for picture book text from the SCBWI and was named a Charlotte Zolotow and an Ezra Jack Keats honor book Her second picture book, WHEREVER YOU GO, which will be illustrated by Eliza Wheeler, will be released by Little, Brown in 2015.Other books in the works include: SHARING THE BREAD, which is being illustrated by Jill McElmurry (Schwartz & Wade), THE QUICKEST KID IN CLARKSVILLE (Chronicle) and SOPHIE'S SEEDS (Schwartz & Wade).Pat has one wonderful husband, two delightful daughters and two pampered cats. She doesn't watch much TV, but she does love "Glee" and "Chopped." Pat lives in Madison, Wisconsin.You can follow Pat on Twitter (@PatZMiller). You can also visit her website at http://www.patzietlowmiller.com