Kristy Feltenberger Gillespie lives in Warrenton, Virginia with her husband, two cats, and three dachshunds, and they're expecting their first child in July of 2015. Gillespie is a middle school counselor, graduate student at Longwood University, (pursuing a degree in School Library Media) blogger, short story and Young Adult novel writer. When she's not working, she's traveling or dreaming of traveling. She's been on several cross country road trips with her mom. In fact, Hawaii and Alaska are the only states she hasn't been to.