Pat MurphyPat Murphy is an acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and science books for adults, teens, and children. She has received the Nebula Award for The Falling Woman, the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, and Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine Readers wards for Rachel in Love, the World Fantasy Award for Bones, and the Christopher Award for The Wild Girls. Murphy has worked as a writer at a variety of idiosyncratic institutions, including the Exploratorium science museum and Klutz Press (the Complete Klutz series). She was the Activity Guru for the ed-tech startup Mystery Science and the marketing director for the Crucible, a school of fire arts. Murphy currently works full-time as a science fiction and fantasy author in Boulder City, Nevada, in the Mojave Desert, where she is frequently visited by rabbits, quail, and the occasional coyote. Read More Read Less