Emily Rovetch Whitman is an award-winning author of books for children and teens. Her middle-grade novel The Turning, a contemporary tale inspired by Celtic folklore, won the 2019 Oregon Book Award for Children’s Literature and the Oregon Spirit Book Award. Her YA novels are Radiant Darkness, voted number one by independent booksellers on the IndieBound Kid’s Next List, and Wildwing, winner of an Oregon Book Award and a Bankstreet College Best Children’s Book. Emily graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in history and literature, and did graduate work in history at UC Berkeley. She has worked for Multnomah County Library in reference, readers’ advisory, and leading story times for children and their families, and written K-12 educational materials for CTB/McGraw Hill. Emily currently leads sold-out workshops on writing middle-grade and young-adult novels at The Attic Institute, a writing center praised by Bustle for courses "famous for their quality and their power to motivate independent writers." Emily’s visits to elementary and middle schools inspire excitement about books, writing, and finding your own voice. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. emilywhitman.com