Elizabeth Byrne grew up in New Jersey and earned her MFA at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. You can find her on Twitter @heylizbyrne.
"""Byrne successfully weaves mythology and dark fantasy threads into the setting of a New Jersey town that otherwise seems all too ordinary, and the fantastic contrasted with the familiar gives the book additional appeal."" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"