Acclaimed author Jill MacLean is the author of five novels for older juvenile and young adult readers, best known for her novel, The Nine Lives of Travis Keating. Among other honors, several of her books have won the Ann Connor Brimer Award and been nominated for the CLA Book Awards, the OLA Forest of Reading Awards, and the SYRCA awards. Nix Minus One is also a prestigious White Ravens Selection and Bank Street Best Book. Jill lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia, near her family. Her latest release is a historical novel for adults, The Arrows of Mercy (2023).