Amelia Atwater-Rhodes  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes has been publishing
young adult novels since she was 14 years old.  Since then, she
has published thirteen novels, eight in the Den of Shadows
series and five in the Kiesha’ra series.  Quirky Writing Habit: 
One quirky writing habit I have is my inability to write if I
don’t have plenty of distractions. Outside of my “office” at
home (which is in the dining room, so everyone else in the house
wanders by regularly!) I love working in places like Starbucks,
where there is plenty of noise and many people to watch. I also
need to be online--I never realize how often I go on Google
while working until my internet goes down and I lose all ability
to write!  The rich stew of the author's creations—SingleEarth,
vampires, shapeshifters, Tristes, the Bruja Guilds—are at full
boil here in the story of two 20-ish young women trying to out
run their very different pasts, and figure out where they fit in
and who they might become. Each has landed in a more "normal"
place, and ea