The Girl from Shadow Springs

Ellie Cypher was born and raised in Northern California, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis. Though she has lived and worked all over the world, from Tasmania and New Zealand to the UK she currently resides in the great state of Tennessee. When not writing for young adults, she can be found spending her time caring for all manner of creatures great and small or hiking the Great Smoky Mountains with her husband and black Lab.