Melissa Eskue Ousley is an award-winning young adult author who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and their Kelpie, Gryphon. When she's not writing, Melissa can be found hiking, swimming, scuba diving, or walking along the beach, poking dead things with a stick.Before she became a writer, she had a number of educational jobs, ranging from a summer spent scraping road kill off a molten desert highway, to years spent conducting research with an amazing team of educators at the University of Arizona. Her interests in psychology, culture, and mythology have influenced her writing of The Solas Beir Trilogy.Please visit her at MelissaEskueOusley.com, or follow her on Goodreads, Twitter, or Facebook.