Rick Yancey (http: www.rickyancey.com) is the author of several adult novels and the memoir
Confessions of a Tax Collector . His first young-adult novel The Extraordinary Adventures of
Alfred Kropp was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010 his novel The Monstrumologist
received Michael L. Printz Honor and the sequel The Curse of the Wendigo was a finalist for
the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
