KRISTIN SMITH is the best-selling and award-winning author of the Deception Game series. Her first book, CATALYST, was a 2018 IAN Book of the Year Award finalist in the Young Adult category, a Teen Choice Book Awards nominee, and a Whitney Award nominee. When she’s not writing, Kristin can be found planning her next Murder Mystery dinner party, beating her boys at Just Dance, or belting out karaoke (from the comfort of her own home). A Virginia girl at heart, Kristin currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and five sons.