Heather Harlen grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania on a steady diet of Three Investigators, Choose Your Own Adventure and Little House on the Prairie books. Her own adventures in a dozen countries, including studying in Spain and living in Moscow, Russia as a Peace Corps volunteer, are endless sources of inspiration. She earned her B.A. in English and her teaching certification from Muhlenberg College and an M.A. in creative writing from Wilkes University. She is proud to be a National Writing Project Fellow and co-authored first book, A TEACHER, CAROL, with three colleagues from the Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Project in 2012. Her current obsessions include zombies, Mad Men and trying foods made on Top Chef. Heather and her husband live near Allentown, PA where she teaches English in an urban middle school.  Twitter @harlenwrites Facebook: Heather Harlen, Author