About the Author

Pat Schmatz grew up in rural Wisconsin, and attended Michigan State University and the University of California at Berkeley. She has supported her writing habit over the years with a variety of jobs, including forklift operator, janitor, fitness consultant, stable hand, library assistant, legal secretary, and shipping clerk. She currently lives in the Wisconsin woods of her childhood in a high-performance sustainable house that she helped to design and build.

Pat is the author of three novels for teens, Mrs. Estronsky and the UFO (2001), Circle the Truth (Carolrhoda Books, 2007), and Mousetraps (Carolrhoda Books, 2008). She has two new novels in the works, Bluefish and Lizard Radio.

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Pat Schmatz - Author of Books for Children and Young Adults

MOUSETRAPS ~ CIRCLE THE TRUTH ~ MRS. ESTRONSKY AND THE U.F.O.