Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters;Arnie, the Doughnut;The Scrambled States of America;Open Wide: Tooth School Inside; and Bowling Alley Bandit, Book One in The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut. The musical Arnie, the Doughnut was performed off-Broadway as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival in 2012. Keller lives on the shore of Lake Michigan.