Suzy Vitello's stories have won several awards, including The Atlantic Monthly's Student Writing Award and an Oregon's Literary Arts Fellowship. Her work has appeared in national journals and her young adult novels, THE MOMENT BEFORE (January 14th, 2014), and THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES BOOK ONE (September 4th, 2014), and THE KEEPSAKE (EMPRESS CHRONICLES BOOK TWO) are available in e-book and paperback..Suzy holds an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles, and is a founding member of a critique group recently dubbed Portland's Hottest Writers' Group by The Oregonian. Find out more at suzyvitello.comSuzy's echapbook, UNKISS ME, is available for sale through Amazon.