At sixteen years old, Christine Catlin is the founder of The Animal Anthology Project, a project that has received nearly a thousand submissions, and donates all of its profits to Best Friends Animal Society. As a young author, Catlin has been published in Chicken Soup: Just for Teenagers (2011), Chicken Soup: Boost Your Brain Power and Chicken Soup: Tough Times for Teens (2012). She has also been published in popular magazines such as New Moon, Cicada, Bird Watcher's Digest, and Creative Kids and is a three-times Gold Medalist in the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. In addition, her first book "Raising Monarchs for Kids" was published when she was only twelve years old.