Anne Ylvisaker is the author of Dear Papa, which Booklist named a Top Ten First Novel for Youth, and Little Klein, a Book Sense Children’s Pick and winner of numerous awards, including the Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award.

About The Luck of the Buttons, she says, “I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of the hidden narrator in a photograph, the person behind the lens. The chicken picture shown on the cover of this book has long been a favorite of mine, and one day as I tried to imagine the circumstances of its creation, Tugs Button appeared, eager to tell her family’s story.” Formerly of Iowa and Minnesota, Anne Ylvisaker now lives in California with her family.