Erin Bow was born and raised in Iowa and trained as a physicist, so naturally she now spends her days writing childrens fiction in a tiny (heated) garden shed in Ontario, Canada. Her books--which include the Governor Generals Award-winning Stand on the Sky, Plain Kate, Sorrows Knot, and the science fiction duology The Scorpion Rules and The Swan Riders--have won a fistful of awards. Erin lives with her husband (whos also a novelist), two teenage kids, a tabby named after a rock, a black cat named after a black hole, and an empty-headed, big-hearted dog named after the moon. Visit her online at ErinBow.com and @ErinBowBooks.