Kay TurnbaughAuthor Kay Turnbaugh lives in the small mountain town of Nederland, Colorado, alongside deer, elk, moose, bobcats, foxes, bears, squirrels, chipmunks, and lots of mountain pine beetles. She spent a year researching the life cycle of the mountain pine beetle and how it interacts with the forest, talking to scientists and forest rangers about the tiny but mighty beetle. She has written about the mountain pine beetle for magazines and newspapers, and decided it was time to write a whole book about them for kids. Read More Read Less