{"id":952,"date":"2026-06-09T21:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/?p=952"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:32:36","slug":"about-the-author-berwyn-g-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/about-the-author-berwyn-g-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author \u2014 Berwyn G. Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berwyn G. Butler is the author of the beloved Amazing Moonshine McPool children\u2019s fantasy series \u2014 a world of magical characters, surprising adventures, and stories rooted in friendship, faith, and the quiet wonder of everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler began writing Amazing Moonshine McPool in a peaceful setting surrounded by the beauty of wildlife, drawn by the desire to create joyful adventures for children and meaningful moments for families to share together. The character of Moonshine was named by the author\u2019s son, Todd \u2014 and the little red car called The Maze followed naturally from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now publishing independently so as to connect more personally with readers, Butler brings both Books I and II directly to families in 2026. The series has been written with parents, grandparents, and caregivers in mind \u2014 books designed to be read aloud beside the fire, passed from lap to lap, and remembered long after the last chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMy hope is that parents, grandparents, and loved ones will gather little ones close, laugh together, and enjoy the Amazing Moonshine characters\u2019 journey side by side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The More Amazing Moonshine McPool series is dedicated to Todd, Tiffany, and every child who deserves to know they are guided, protected, and loved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berwyn G. Butler is the author of the beloved Amazing Moonshine McPool children\u2019s fantasy series \u2014 a world of magical characters, surprising adventures, and stories rooted in friendship, faith, and the quiet wonder of everyday life. Butler began writing Amazing Moonshine McPool in a peaceful setting surrounded by the beauty of wildlife, drawn by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[31,30,32,29],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-bio-about-page","tag-berwyn-g-butler-author","tag-childrens-book-author-scotland","tag-family-fantasy-books-2026","tag-independent-childrens-book-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwyngbutler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}