Natalie Lund (natalielund.com) is a former middle and high school teacher. A graduate of Purdue University's MFA program, she taught introductory composition and creative writing there, and also served as the fiction editor of Sycamore Review. Natalie lives in Chicago with her husband. You can follow her on Twitter @nmlund.
Praise for The Sky Above Us: ""Lund is especially deft here at crafting and honoring differing perspectives around shared events, remaining keenly aware of the ways in which vulnerabilities and insecurities shade an experience with hues specific to that person . . . . This is a bruising look at loss from many angles, and it will leave readers wondering how their conceptions of their own truths and perceptions of others lead to pain and heartbreak."" --BCCB Praise for Natalie Lund's debut We Speak in Storms: ""A hauntingly atmospheric coming-of-age story . . . with fully realized characters, an empowering message, and a highly satisfying conclusion."" --SLJ ""A lingering, quietly paced story about the echoes of trauma and the persistence of hope."" --Booklist ""This suspenseful novel . . . immediately grabs the reader's attention . . . [Readers] will be eager to find out what happens next."" --SLC