Debbie Ethell is the bestselling author of “The Will of Heaven,” a conservation research scientist, and the founder and former executive director of The KOTA Foundation for Elephants. “The Will of Heaven” is the first book in a series that tells the powerful true story of how she overcame a debilitating addiction—rising from the courtrooms of her past to the grass plains of Kenya as a conservation scientist who studies a group of wild elephants she’s followed since she was eight years old.

Her passion is teaching everything she knows about elephants and the “Did You Know” series is a collection of the greatest elephant facts that inspire her. Now a full-time writer Ms. Ethell calls Portland, Oregon home. You can visit her online at www.debbieethell.com, watch her series on elephants called “The Elephant in the Room” on her YouTube channel (Debbie Ethell) or follow her on Instagram (@debbieethellauthor).