Fun Fact: In researching this book, I became good friends with 102-year-old Ghost Army veteran, Bernie Bluestein.Â
Fun Fact: The novel is named after the hardest class I ever took at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: ATMOS 120, Severe and Unusual Weather!
Fun fact: The Chronicles of Viktor Valentine is a continuation of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
Fun Fact: My book is named after my actual crush in fifth grade! I had to track him down and warn him that he'd be seeing his name in bookstores so he wouldn't see my name, remember me from 1979, and then call the FBI.
Fun Fact: Macmillan allowed me to have my daughter illustrate the maps in THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN!