Craig Moody was born and raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida, a suburban community that edges the beautiful Florida Everglades. Author of the multi-award-winning debut novel The ’49 Indian and multi-award-nominated and winning follow-ups His Name Was Ezra and The Stars of Locust Ridge , Craig currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his boyfriend, Gable, and twenty-four-year-old cockatiel, Alley.