Christy Raedeke is a writer
and travel addict. She has trekked in the Himalayas, spent Halloween in a 16th century Scottish castle, dived into bottomless cenotes in the
Yucatan jungle, studied feng shui in Kuala Lumpur, been dropped by
floatplane into the wilds of British Columbia, stood atop the Jungfrau
in Switzerland, floated down the River Ganges, explored Zeus's cave on
Crete, climbed Mayan pyramids in Chiapas, explored the catacombs under
Paris and Rome, melted her shoes on the lava fields of the Mauna Loa
volcano, and body surfed in the Libyan sea.
Christy Raedeke is the
recipient of the Holmes Fellowship for Young Reader's Literature awarded by Oregon Literary Arts. She lives in Ashland, Oregon with her husband
and two young children.
