<p Rosa Jordan's previous novels for young people, <i The Last Wild Place</i , <i The Goatnappers</i , and <i Lost Goat Lane, won or were nominated for numerous awards, including the 2007 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction</i for Middle Readers distinction, the Red Maple Award, and the Chocolate Lily Award. She grew up in the Florida Everglades and now lives in Rossland, British Columbia, in the Monashee Mountains.</p