Jennifer Bardsley believes in friendship, true love, and the everlasting power of books. A graduate of Stanford University, she lives in Edmonds, Washington, with her husband and two children. Bardsley’s column, I Brake for Moms, has appeared in The Daily Herald of Everett every week since 2012. She also writes young adult paranormal romance under the pen name Louise Cypress. When she’s not writing books or camping with her Girl Scout troop, you can find Bardsley walking from her house to the beach every chance she gets.

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