Michelle Markey Butler is a medievalist and author currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. The medievalist part is arguably Thomas Malory's fault--she spent a disturbing amount of time in middle school reading and rereading a version of his Morte d'Arthur. The author part is arguably her parents' fault since they gave her the manual typewriter (which she still owns) on which she typed her first story. Actually, they gave her the Malory retelling as well, so might as well save time and blame it all on them.

After fifteen years of having preschoolers in the house she's beginning to wonder if keeping them from eating gum off the ground has taken a toll on her gray matter. At the very least, her patience is growing thin. Now if her bum would just follow suit... 

When not contemplating having GPS chips embedded in the kiddos' hides, she writes academic articles, short stories, and novels. She blogs about what's she's reading at www.goosefeather.wordpress.com.

Unwilling to waste good material, particularly when she's worked so hard for it, she blogs about parenting at www.heirraising.wordpress.com. She's pleased to report that despite their best efforts none of the children have escaped. 

Recently.