Dr. Barbara Boustead is a meteorologist, climatologist, and author of Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About Weather, Climate, and Protecting What We Cherish. She has published articles in the Washington Post, Weatherwise magazine, and the Fine Lines literary journal, and her essay "Pain's Imposter Syndrome" is included in the award-winning anthology Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness. Barbara lives near Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and son.