2. About the author- Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent is a teacher, writer, and content editor. She was born on born April $30$, $1940$, in Minnesota, U.S.A. Patent, beings famous for her children's books, has authored over $100$s nonfiction books. She has also written in many other genres, including travel articles and gardening books for readers of all ages.

Since a child, Patent was fascinated by animals and plants, and everything to do with nature. The fascination grew bigger as she grew older. She went on to receive a Ph. D in Zoology and had also written numerous books on wildlife and wildlife management.

Some of her works are "Pika Country: Climate Change at the Top of the World" (published in the year $2020$), "Dogs and People: Why Dogs and People Are Perfect Partner" (published in the year $2018$), "Biodiversity" (published in the year $2016$), and "Fire: Friend and Foe" (published in the year $1998$).

Patent has won numerous awards for her works. In $1987$, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society. It was given in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the literature of science. In $2004$, She received the Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award from the Washington Post.

Patent lives with her family in Montana, U.S.A.