KATHRYN REISS is the author of Time Windows, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; The Glass House People; Dreadful Sorry; Pale Phoenix, a finalist for the Edgar Award; and most recently, PaperQuake: A Puzzle. A master of the time-travel mystery genre, Reiss slips between past and present with a callous alacrity that is wondrously effective (Kirkus Reviews). She lives with her family in Northern California. www.midgard.com/KReiss/KReissInfo.html