LAURA PREBLE is the award-winning author of the young adult series Queen Geek Social Club (Penguin/Berkley Jam), which includes the novels Queen Geeks in Love and Prom Queen Geeks. Her novel, Out, deals with the concept of LGBTQ rights within a young adult dystopia; Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow Boys, says, "Out explores an intriguing, mind-bending, and challenging portrait of an upside-down world that turns the tables on homophobia, acceptance, and love." She has won a Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize, and has been published in North American Review, Writer's Digest, Hysteria, and NEA Today.