Lily Kingsolver grew up in southwest Virginia, where the Appalachian Mountains ignited her passion for wild creatures and the places they live. She has shared her love of the wild as a naturalist and educator in state parks and zoos in southwest Virginia and the Space Coast of Florida, where she received a graduate degree in environmental education. She lives in Florida with her husband, dog, and several reptiles. Coyote’s Wild Home, co-published with her mother, Barbara Kingsolver, is her first children’s book.