Meg Wiviott rew up in New Jersey. She was a history major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and earned a master’s in education from Northwestern University. Meg graduated with an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in July 2011. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and a ridiculously friendly cat. They have two grown children. Meg is the author of the award-winning picture book Benno and the Night of Broken Glass. This is her first novel for young adults.