Susan Fletcher is the author of fourteen books for young readers, including Dragon’s Milk, Shadow Spinner, and Journey of the Pale Bear. Her novels have been translated into ten languages and have received awards and recognition from the American Library Association, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Western Writers of America, Women Writing in the West, and many other organizations. She taught for many years in the M.F.A. in Writing for Children program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her most recent novel is Sea Change, a young adult science fiction love story, about which author Gregory Maguire said, “With the brave and committed Turtle, we swim toward hope.”