Beth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls series and several adult mysteries. Her books have heroes and bad guys, action, and messy situations. An avid reader, she once missed her subway stop and rode the train all the way to Brooklyn because the book she was reading was that good. She lives in Northern California with her family, two cats, and a parakeet named Zeus, who is sick of the cats eyeballing him like he's dinner.