Will Bergstrom is a 6th generation Dakotan. He enjoys history and when his grandma suggested a book about life on the prairie, he knew it was a good fit. People of the Prairie is Will’s second book. He wrote his first book by accident. His eighth grade English teacher gave them an essay writing assignment where they had to use certain words and fit it into the essay. Will took those four words and turned it into The Magic Telescope. When his teacher read the essay she was so impressed she encouraged him to have it published. He needed someone to illustrate the book so he naturally asked his grandma, aka, Mumsel to illustrate the book and she eagerly took on the project.