Katherin Nolte is the author of Back to the Bright Before and The Wonderful Wishes of B. Her third novel, The Dog Who Made It Better, will be published in July.  Growing up, her home was filled with animals, including eight cats, five dogs, two guinea pigs, a mouse, a chinchilla, a cluster of hermit crabs, and one grumpy dwarf rabbit. An Ohio native, she now lives with her family in Iowa.