Andrea Cremer spent her childhood daydreaming while roaming the forests and lakeshores of Northern Wisconsin. She went to school until there wasn’t any more school to go to, ending up with a Ph.D. in early modern history – a reflection of her fascination with witchcraft and warfare. She currently lives in Minnesota with her husband, two dogs, and a parakeet and teaches history at Macalester College in St. Paul. Nightshade, the first volume of a paranormal YA trilogy, was published in January 2011 by Atom/Little, Brown. The second and third volumes, Wolfsbane (2011) and Bloodrose (2012), are also published by Atom. Rift, a prequel to the series, was published in August 2012.