Brent Hartinger has written eight YA novels, including Geography Club (HarperCollins, 2003) and Shadow Walkers (Flux, 2011). Reviewers at USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Oregonian, and Seattle Times, as well as prominent GLBT journals The Advocate and Instinct Magazine, and top online book review sources Bookslut.com and Teenreads.com, have complimented his books. He is the founder and editor of TheTorchOnline.com, a fantasy website, and also contributes to AfterElton.com, the leading online source for LGBT news. He is based in Seattle.