Mary-Lane Kamberg is a professional writer, editor, and speaker. She specializes in nonfiction, but also writes short fiction and poetry. She has written more than thirty books for middle school and high school libraries and has also written extensively for trade and business publications in the hydroelectric, veterinary, and produce industries. She also writes nonfiction books and magazine articles for adults and children. She was first published at the age of seven. She used a toy printing press to publish a neighborhood newspaper, which she sold for two cents. She earned her first dollar for poetry at the age of nine. She is coleader of the Kansas City Writers Group. She also founded and directs the I Love To Write Camps for young writers. She has a BS in Journalism from the University of Kansas (Go Jayhawks!) and is an avid basketball fan. She is a former coach for the Kansas City Blazers swim team. She lives in Olathe, Kansas.