Melinda Metz is the author of more than sixty books for teens and kids, including Echoes and the young adult series Roswell High, the basis of the TV show Roswell. Her middle-grade mystery Wright and Wong: Case of the Nana-Napper (co-authored by the fabulous Laura J. Burns) was a juvenile Edgar finalist. Melinda lives in Concord, North Carolina, with her dog, Scully, a pen-eater just like the dog who came before her.