Gretchen M Fogelstrom is a teacher, writer and illustrator that loves exploring the world.  Her stories take her readers around the globe on adventures with obstacles, challenges, and mystery. 

Gretchen has also published non-fiction articles in World Environment, Sustainable Travel and Tourism, and the New Straits Times. 

She travels and works in different countries teaching and working in sustainable development. 

"Titanus McDuff and the Birthday Surprise" is the first book in her series: “The Treasure Chest Mysteries.”