M.T. Zimny has lived her whole life among the mountains, beaches, and trees of western Washington. Armed with an education grounded in human physiology and a love for the literary arts, she set out to write the only kind of novel that matters— one in which teenagers are tasked with saving the world. When she isn’t writing, she’s adventuring with her husband and her golden retriever, whether that means searching out the best dog parks in the Greater Seattle Area or failing spectacularly at the flying trapeze.