D.M. Tregaskis has a B.S. (the degree, not the expletive) from Brigham Young University. She enjoys traveling, making things pretty, and rarely being serious—at least with the people who understand her. Cookies and pie are her love language, in case you want to get on her good side. She loves following Jesus Christ (at least she’s trying to).

In her younger years, D.M. was kicked out of girls’ camp for pulling pranks and now suffers payback from more daughters than she knows what to do with. She’s got a doting, hunk of a husband, plus two felines. Could she be a legit author without cats?