Ryan PettyRyan Petty lives in a ferryboat town near Seattle with his wife Melissa and the ghost of their Alaskan Malamute--Kodiak.He studied creative writing at Princeton under Jerzy Kosinski and Anthony Burgess and was, for a decade thereafter, the proprietor of Austin, Texas-based Cold Mountain Press, publisher of signed, limited editions in poetry and fiction.Ryan writes novels in verse; historical fiction; and books for children. As this book goes to press, he's working with illustrator Vera Kulikov on his first children's picture book-a story that isn't about Elves. Read More Read Less