Stephanie Ashcraft, author of the original 101 Things to do With a Cake Mix, was raised near Kirklin, Indiana. She received a bachelor's degree in family science and a teaching certificate from Brigham Young University. Since 1998, she has taught cooking classes for Macey's Little Cooking Theatre in Provo and Orem. She lives in Idaho; this is her sixth book. Donna Kelly was born and raised in tortilla country-Southern Arizona. She has four children and works as a prosecuting attorney in Utah. This is her first book.