E. K. Johnston is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several YA novels, including Star Wars: Ahsoka and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Story of Owen, which The New York Times called “a clever first step in the career of a novelist who, like her troubadour heroine, has many more songs to sing.” Her novel A Thousand Nights was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. The Globe & Mail called Johnston “the Meryl Streep of YA,” with “limitless range,” in its review of Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Johnston lives in Ontario, Canada.