Dan Cray is the author of THE REALITY MELTDOWN, MOTHER TONGUE, and PIERCING MAYBE, which was named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018. In nonfiction, he wrote SOARING STONES for National Geographic Books and spent twenty-seven years as a freelance science journalist, reporting more than sixty Time magazine cover stories and sharing a National Headliner Award. He holds a UCLA English degree and lives in Los Angeles. Visit him at www.dancraybooks.com