KATHRYN PURDIE is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of The Forest Grimm duology, the Bone Grace duology, and the Burning Glass series. Kathryn is a trained classical actress who studied in England and has taught writing classes at previous Storymakers conferences, StoryCon, Futurescapes, Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers (WIFYR), FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, Sundance Workshops, and was a keynote speaker for Writing for Charity, Young Authors Academy, and the BYU Idaho College of Language and Letters. Kathryn was inspired to write her first novel while recovering from donating a kidney to her older brother.




