GORDON KORMAN has written more than seventy middle-grade and teen novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Medusa Plot (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, book one), the Swindle series, Ungifted, the Island trilogy, Pop, Schooled, No More Dead Dogs, Son of the Mob and many other favorites. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York.