Laura Taylor Namey is a Cuban-American Californian who can usuallybe found haunting her favorite coffee shops, drooling over leather jackets andwishing she was in London or Paris.

Like his characters, Matt Mendez grew up in central El Paso, Texas. He is the author of Barely Missing Everything, his YA debut novel, and the short story collection Twitching Heart.

Hi! I’m young adult author Jennifer Mathieu. (It's pronounced Muh-two, but if you speak French you can pronounce it better than that. Sadly, I don’t speak French.) I’m a writer and English teacher who lives in Texas with my family. .