Leora Krygier is the author of When She Sleeps (Toby Press) a New York Public Library Selection for Best Books for the Teen Age, and about which Newsweek raved, Krygier s luminous prose transports the reader. She is also a former Los Angeles Superior Court judge and the author of Juvenile Court: A Judge s Guide for Young Adults and their Parents (Scarecrow Press). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she s not writing, she loves to go to the beach, walk the Santa Monica Mountain trails, and snap lots and lots of photographs.