Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, 24 Hours in Nowhere, Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus, and The Canyon's Edge are all bestselling books by Dusti Bowling. Dusti is married with three daughters and lives in Arizona with her husband, a dozen tarantulas, a gopher snake dubbed Burrito, a king snake named Death Noodle, and a cockatiel named Gandalf the Grey.