Linda Urban has written many award-winning books for young readers, including the novels Almost There and Almost NotA Crooked Kind of PerfectHound Dog TrueThe Center of Everything, and Talk Santa to Me. For ten years, she served as marketing director at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California. Currently, she teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been visited by only one ghost, and he was not at all snooty. Visit her at LindaUrbanBooks.com.