Jacqueline West is the author of the award-winning and New York Times–bestselling middle grade series The Books of Elsewhere, as well as the middle grade fantasy The Collectors, and the teen novel Dreamers Often Lie. Her poetry has garnered honors, including two Pushcart nominations and a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize. An occasional actress and sometime musician, she lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, with her husband, son, and dog. www.jacquelinewest.com