USA TODAY bestselling and award winning author Kate Bridges writes young adult fiction and romance. For research, she loves to travel to such faraway places as the Yukon, the Rocky Mountains, and behind-the-scenes at Buckingham Palace in London, England. With over one million books sold worldwide, she’s been honored with Reviewers’ Choice awards, Top Picks on reader websites, and listed as Recommended Reading on national library lists. Her novels have hit the USA TODAY Bestseller List, Borders National Bestseller List, and have been studied in several colleges in their creative writing classes. She also writes YA fiction under the pen name Kate Maddison. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Kate was a pediatric intensive care nurse.

When she’s away from her computer, you might find Kate with her family, hiking the escarpment by their home near Toronto, Canada, or taking photos of the sunrise. As well as a writer, she is also a professional nature photographer. To view her stock photo website, visit LookLagoon.com. She loves to connect with readers and writers on Twitter and Facebook.