About the Author.

lara m. Zeises is the author of two other novels for young adults, Bringing Up the Bones, a Delacorte Press Prize Honor Book, and Contents Under Pressure, which began as her thesis project at Emerson College, where she earned her MFA in creative writing. She is the recipient of an Emerging Artist Fellows.h.i.+p in Literature- Fiction from the Delaware Division of the Arts.

Lara has never ridden a skateboard or wors.h.i.+pped at the altar of Rod Stewart, but she does share her characters' deep-seated appreciation for air-conditioning. She lives in Delaware, where she grew up, but you can visit her on the Web at www.zeisgeist.com.

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