Whitley Gregoire grew up in a small central Illinois town called Eureka. Eureka is a small town located between two cities, Peoria and Bloomington. Growing up in the small town, she always loved to engage her imagination with her two younger brothers. They constantly played outside in the backyard and engage in an imaginative game called War. She fell in love with writing when she was in third grade. Her teacher inspired her to write about her experiences, so she did. She had started several versions of the book Elemental Heroes, but it was not until she was in seventh grade that the book deci...