Prior to Catbird Marion S. Kundiger wrote and illustrated the book Izzie of Fergus Falls - A Minnesota Childhood of the 1880's" and co-authored with her daughter Jerri Garretson Izzie - Growing Up on the Plains in the 1880's. More can be read about Marion at http://www.ravenstonepress.com/marionk.html.
Donovan M. Kundiger, Marion's son, had his first magazine article published in the November 1991 issue of Stock Car Racing magazine titled "I Drove A Superspeedway - You Can Too!" which detailed NASCAR 7 time Champion Richard Petty's NASTRAK Driver's Search, an endeavor that evolved into the fantastic Richard Petty Driving Experience. In the years since, well over 400 of Donovan's articles and stories have been published by 36 newspapers and 5 different magazines in the USA and abroad. Donovan is currently writing several books that include expanding "The Adventures of Tuffy" into a children's book series.