McKenzie Jane Mittler is an active eight year old who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. McKenzie has a cat, fish, and an older sister named Julia. She is very passionate about creating—McKenzie can take any ordinary object and change it into something funky and interesting. McKenzie loves cooking and tumbling on the mats in gymnastics. This is McKenzie’s first publication and she is excited to share her knowledge and wisdom with all. In "Collected Works, Vol. 1", McKenzie waxes poetic about the alphabet, shapes, colors, counting, and the complicated social lives of pizzas.