KATHERINE WHEELWRIGHT (although her friends call her Katie) grew up in Northern Utah and graduated from Utah State University with a teaching license in secondary education and physical education. But she could never get away from her love of books and the fantasy worlds they create. She is happily married and a mom of five awesome kids. They live on a wanna-be mini farm with fruit trees, berry patches, horses, cows, chickens, dogs, and cats (may the ducks rest in peace). If she isn’t reading, watching Lord of the Rings, scrapbooking, or running kids to extra-curricular activities, she’s either writing or eating peanut butter and chocolate (or wishing she was doing them both at the same time).