N. M. Howell is an author, publisher, and all-around nerd from the West Coast of Canada. She has an obsession with coffee, spicy food, and the rain, and she absolutely hates sleeves! (Seriously, they're like little fabric prisons.) When not working on her latest book-or latest ten books, more realistically-she spends her time working on her master's thesis and fighting with her micro-wolf pup over who gets the best spot on the couch. Hint: the dog wins.