K. L. Going lives with her family in the Hudson Valley area of New York State. Since graduating from college she has worked as an adult literacy tutor, a ticket agent for a major airline, a front-desk clerk at a resort hotel, and as an assistant at a Manhattan literary agency. She has lived in Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and New York. K.L. is the author of many books, includingย Fat Kid Rules the World,ย The Liberation of Gabriel King, andย Dog in Charge. Her first novel,ย Fat Kid Rules the World, was a YALSA Michael L. Printz Honor Book.
Stephen Hoyeย has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than 30 years. Trained at Boston University and The Guildhall in London, he has appeared in several feature films, television series, and on stage in Londonโs West End.