Pete Hautman is the author of numerous works for young readers and adults, including Godless, the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, and Eden West, which won the National Book Award. Slider, his most recent middle-grade novel, received praise from Booklist for its crystalline prose, mouthwatering detail, and rip-roaring fun. Pete Hautman is a Wisconsin native who now splits his time between the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.