Elana K. Arnold is the award-win­ning author of many books for chil­dren and teens, includ­ing The House That Wasn’t There, the Printz Hon­or win­ner Damsel, the Nation­al Book Award final­ist What Girls Are Made Of, and the Glob­al Read Aloud selec­tion A Boy Called Bat. She is a mem­ber of the fac­ul­ty at Ham­line University’s MFA in writ­ing for chil­dren and young adults pro­gram, and lives in Long Beach, CA, with her hus­band, two chil­dren, and a menagerie of ani­mals. You can find her online at www​.elanakarnold​.com.