Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults, including the National Book Award winner Godless, the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, and Eden West. His middle-grade novels include The Rat Queen, Otherwood, winner of an Edgar Award, and Slider, which Booklist lauded for its "crystalline prose, delectable detail, rip-roaring humor, and larger-than-life characters." Pete Hautman divides his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.