Louise Hawes is a teacher and the author of more than a dozen novels for readers of all ages. She has served as Writer in Residence at the University of New Mexico and the Women's University of Mississippi. She was also a John Grisham Visiting Writer at the University of Mississippi. Louise helped found the MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and currently teaches there. She researched much of this book "on the road" in her home state of North Carolina and reports that, at 5'2", climbing in and out of eighteen-wheelers is a great workout! Follow her on Twitter @LouiseHawes; on Instagram @Hawes252; and visit her on the web at LouiseHawes.com.
