NISHI SHAH, age 18, grew up in New Jersey and will graduate high school in 2015. When she isn't writing, she enjoys reading and traveling. She is also the proud recipient of her Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards for Girl Scouting and she is working towards her Arangetram to complete her training in Bharat Natyam. The Rise of the Eighth is her second novel published through the National Novel Writing Month challenge. She is also the author of Reunited.