Kieryn Nicolas is the author of two young adult novels, Rain and Flawless Ruins, as well as the short story Poison Ivy.  Kieryn lives in Pennsylvania with her parents, younger sister and yellow lab.  In addition to being an author, Kieryn is a black belt in Taekwondo, which means you never want to mess with her or her characters. She has also found a new way to terrorize her parents, in the form of a driver’s license. (Kidding, she’s a totally awesome driver. Just don’t mention “manual transmission” around her.) This past January Kieryn traveled to Disney World to do a half marathon with Team in Training and raised $3,000 for blood cancer research and treatment. She had such an amazing time she even signed up for another event in April, though, sadly, Mickey Mouse won’t be attending.

When she isn’t writing, Kieryn is fulfilling her duty as Conqueror of Daily Homework Assignments. (AP physics is waiting to pounce after she finishes this bio.) With her course load, college visits, standardized tests, and recent addiction to Doctor Who, writing can sometimes get shuffled down on the To Do List. However, even if it’s finals week she’ll find time, somehow, to work on that New Idea That Just Won’t Let Go. Because if she doesn’t, she might explode.

No, really.

Kieryn's favorite aspect of being an author (besides actually writing) is visiting schools, clubs and organizations to talk about writing and to encourage people to pursue their dreams.

Kieryn blogs on http://yalitsix.blogspot.com/ every Tuesday. Her own blog is http://kierynnicolas.blogspot.com/, but she updates it less frequently (oops).