Patty ""Cakes"" McWilliams was born in Central Texas and grew up in a family of storytellers. She has written three books for adults, Blue Buttons and Red Tomatoes, Belly Buttons: Lifelines from my Brother, and Color Me Pink, as well as three children's books, Abigail and Rumpus the Green Dinosaur, Thomas's Little Light, and Mia and the Missionaries. She lives outside of Fredericksburg, Texas, with her husband and her four-pawed writing companion, Buttons Galore. Visit her website, www.pattymcwilliams.com, for more releases.