Neal Shusterman is aNew York Timesbestselling and award-winning author. He is the author of Challenger Deep, a National Book Award winner, Boston Globe Horn Book Award Honor Book, and recipient of six starred reviews; Bruiser, which was a Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choice, a YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults pick, and on twelve state lists;The Schwa Was Here; and the Unwind dystology, among many other books. He lives in California with his family.