Danger, Intrigue, and Girl Power

According to Ryan Graudin, she was born in Charleston, SC with a severe case of wanderlust. When she's not traveling, she's busy photographing weddings, writing, and spending time with her husband and wolf-dog. She is also the author of the All that Glows series and The Walled City. In her novel, Wolf by Wolf (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a survivor of human experimentation at the hands of the Nazis enters a motorcycle race in which the winner is granted an audience with Adolf Hitler. She has one goal: win the race and kill Hitler.

Victoria Aveyard graduated from USC, where she majored in screenwriting. The Red Queen (HarperTeen) is her debut Young Adult fantasy novel—the tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace.