Born in Oregon's suburbs, Molly Elwood grew up reading at the dinner table, reading while riding a bike, and reading at weddings and funerals. After getting her Master's in writing at Portland State University, Molly traveled the world a bit so that if anyone asked her to write about, say, hitchhiking in Ireland, the street food in China, the rats in France, or the tarantulas in Panama, she'd be ready. She now lives as a copywriter and novelist in Portland, Oregon, enjoying good books and bad movies and scheming ways to get on a plane to anywhere.