Donald Budge is the winner of the 2010 Blue Mesa Fiction Contest, The Abrahms Prize in Fiction, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. His stories have appeared in The Conium Review, Prime Mincer, Bang Out, among others. He has worked in animal reserves in Israel and the United States where he met many intriguing ostriches and wondrous wallabies. Donald lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his faithful Yorkie companion. Where is My Butt? is his first children's picture book.