Kara Storti is an award-winning young adult fiction writer. Her first published book, Tripping Back Blue, won the gold medal for the Independent Publisher Book Awards in Young Adult Fiction. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine with an MFA in Creative Writing. Throughout her career, she has mentored aspiring writers, taught high school and college writing classes, and edited books for other authors. Her next venture is a book about the magic of crystals and how to incorporate them in everyday life, for those who want to embrace their woo-woo. She lives with her husband in “Witch City” Salem, Massachusetts and practices tarot card readings with her dog Osmosis.