Cari Noga is the author of Sparrow Migrations and The Orphan Daughter. She wrote the first drafts of both books during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which takes place every year in November. Sparrow Migrations, her debut novel, has been adapted into a five-part miniseries script. Cari earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee. In 1997, she landed in Traverse City, Michigan, for a summer job. For four years, she covered the region’s evolving agriculture economy as a reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle. She and her husband live in Traverse City with their two children. Visit her at www.carinoga.com.