Butler, Dori Hillestad

Comments from the author about writing:
I write realistic fiction, humor and mysteries for children. I write to inspire, but mostly to entertain. I believe that anyone can become a published author...you just have to want it badly enough.

Literary awards received and date received:

The Buddy Files

• 2011 Edgar Award Best Juvenile Mystery Case of the Lost Boy
• 2012 Monarch Award Master List, Illinois Case of the Lost Boy
• Concheco Readers' Award 2010-2011 Master List, Delaware Case of the Lost Boy
• Texas Bluebonnet Award 2011-2012 Master List Case of the Lost Boy
• 2011-2012 Goldfinch Award Nominee, Iowa Case of the Lost Boy
  

Do You Know the Monkey Man

• 2005 Top Pick, Kansas State Reading Circle
• 2005 Bank Street College of Education Teen Book List
• 2005-2006 Pennsylvania Young Adult Top Forty List
• Alabama Emphasis on Reading List, 2006-2007
• Master List, 2007 Kentucky Bluegrass Awards
• Preliminary List, 2007-2008 Mark Twain (Missouri) Award
• 2007-2008 Black Eyed Susan award nominee (Maryland)
• 2007-2008 Soaring Eagle Book Award nominee (Wyoming)
• 2008 Charlotte award nominee (New York)
• 2008-09 Iowa Children's Choice Award nominee

My Mom's Having a Baby

• Booklist 2005 Editors Choice Award Book
• Booklist 2005 Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth

Sliding Into Home

• 2003 Honor Book Award, Society of School Librarians International
• 2003 Young Adult Top Forty List (Pennsylvania School Library Association)
• Nominee, 2005-2006 Mark Twain Award preliminary list
• Nominee, 2005-2006 Nebraska Golden Sower Award
• Nominee, 2005-2006 Young Hoosier Book Award
• 2005-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Master List
• 2006-2007 Volunteer State (Tennessee) Book Award Intermediate Master List
• 2006-2007 Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List

Trading Places with Tank Talbott

• 2006-2007 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Winner (Maryland)
• The Center for Children's Books, Best Books 2003 List
• 2005-2006 Volunteer State Book Award Intermediate Master List (Tennessee)
• 2005-2006 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Master List (Oklahoma)
• 2005-2006 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Program Nominee (Florida)
• 2007-2008 Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominee

M is for Minnesota

• Nominated for Minnesota Book Award, 1999
• Nominated for Northern Minnesota Book Award, 1999

W is for Wisconsin

• Cooperative Children's Book Center choice

ABCs of Wisconsin

• Cooperative Children's Book Center choice

Book Types: Fiction, Nonfiction

Audience Types: Children, Young Adult

Genres: Humor, Mystery, Realistic Fiction

Are you willing to do programs for schools, libraries, or other groups? Yes

If you are willing to do programs, will you charge a fee? Yes

Author Web site URL: www.kidswriter.com

E-mail Address: dhbutler@kidswriter.com

County: Johnson

Books By This Author

• The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy (Bk 1 2010); The Case of the Mixed-up Mutts (Bk 2, 2010); The Case of the Missing Family (Bk 3, 2010); The Case of the Fire Alarm (Bk 4, 2010) ; The Case of the Library Monster (Bk 5, 2011), Case of the School Ghost (Bk 6). Albert Whitman & Company, Parker Ridge, IL, 2012.
• Yes, I know the Monkey Man, Peachtree, Atlanta, 2009.
• The Truth about Truman School, Albert Whitman & Co., Morton Grove, ILL, 2008
• My Grandpa had a Stroke, Magination Press, Washington, D.C., 2007
• F is for Fire Fighting, Pelican Press, Gretna, LA, 2007
• Christmas: Season of Peace and Joy, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN, 2007
• Tank Talbott's Guide to Girls, Albert Whitman, Morton Grove, IL, 2006
• My Mom's Having a Baby, Albert Whitman, Morton Grove, IL, 2005
• Do You Know the Monkey Man, Peachtree, Atlanta, GA, 2005
• Alexandra Hopewell, Labor Coach, Albert Whitman, Morton Grove, IL, 2005
• Whodunit: How the Police Solve Crimes, Perfection Learning, Des Moines, IA, 2003
• Sliding Into Home, Peachtree, Atlanta, GA, 2003
• Trading Places with Tank Talbott, Albert Whitman, Morton Grove, IL, 2003
• H is for Hoosier, Trails Media Group, Madison, WI, 2001
• ABCs of Wisconsin, Trails Media Group, Madison, WI, 2000
• W is for Wisconsin, Trails Media Group, Madison, WI, 1998
• M is for Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1998
• Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off, Fairview Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1997