H. L. Blake has been a poet and writer from her first haiku at the age of 8: "In the dusk of time/When the sun bows its head low/I go to dreamland." She has written a plethora of poems as well as two young adult novels and has plans for more. Her day job is a librarian, where she spends most of her time trying to catch up with what the kids are reading. Her dearest obsessions include sci-fi/fantasy, the ocean, newborn kittens, adventure games, frappuccinos, and of course libraries of all shapes and sizes.