Amanda Ruehle was born in Albuquerque, NM, and now resides in the great, green area of the country known as Western Washington. She lived for three years in Sasebo, Japan and has great ambitions to live in Spain or Italy someday. Amanda shares her house with her long-suffering husband (love you, dear!), three boisterous boys, a dog, a gecko, a fish, and a turtle. When she isn't writing, she is busy homeschooling and chasing after her boys and running her small clay sculpture business. Sleep often seems to be an optional activity. Amanda first started writing creatively in high school, but she