Chris Lynch is the Printz Honor Award winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels, including Printz Honor Book "Freewill", "Iceman", "Gypsy Davy", and "Shadow Boxer" all ALA Best Books for Young Adults as well as "Killing Time in Crystal City", "Little Blue Lies", "Pieces", "Kill Switch", "Angry Young Man", and "Inexcusable", which was a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. He holds an MA from the writing program at Emerson College. He teaches in the Creative Writing MFA program at Lesley University. He lives in Boston and in Scotland.