About the Author

Beth Goobie grew up in Guelph, Ontario. Beth moved to Winnipeg to attend university, became a youth residential treatment worker, and studied creative writing at the University of Alberta. She is the award-winning author of more than twenty books, mainly for young adults, including Born Ugly, The Throne, and the CLA award-winning Before Wings. Her first adult novel was The First Principles of Dreaming. Beth makes her home in Saskatoon.