Wanderlust and love of travel have taken Katacha Díaz all over the world to gather material for her stories. Among the children’s books she has authored is Badger at Sandy Ridge Road for the Smithsonian Institution’s Backyard series, and Carolina’s Gift: A Story of Peru for Soundprints’ Make Friends Around the World series. She lives and writes in a quaint little historic town at the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.