Donna W. Guthrie is a writer, playwright, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer. She is the author of twenty-four books and sixty educational video podcasts for children and four award-winning documentaries. Donna holds a B.A in Journalism, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey and MFA in Children's and Young Adult Literature, Vermont College, Montpellier, Vermont. She is the co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Women's film festival, the longest-running woman's film festival in North America. When she is not writing or attending film festivals, Donna is on a quest to hike all sixty-three National Parks.