Thelma Hatch Wysslives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the authorofHere at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults;Ten Miles from Winnemucca, a Junior Library Guild Selection and aBank Street College Best Book of the Year; and on the McElderry list,Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl, which won the Mountains &Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award and was onthe New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" list.