Daniel Hayes is the author of three previous novels for young adults: The Trouble With Lemons (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an IRA Young Adults' Choice), Eye of the Beholder, and No Effect (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults). Booklist has hailed Hayes for his "ability to articulate so accurately the inner workings of his adolescent hero's mind." An English teacher at Troy High School in Troy, New York, he lives in Schaghticoke, New York. Visit Daniel's web site at DanielHayes.com .