<b>Amanda Hocking</b> is a lifelong Minnesotan obsessed with John Hughes and Jim Henson. In between making collages and drinking too much Red Bull, she writes young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance.<br/>Her USA Today best-selling series <i>the Trylle Trilogy</i> has been optioned for a film, and the books will be re-released through St. Martin's starting in January 2012. She has two other young adult series out now - <i>My Blood Approves</i> and <i>The Hollows</i> - and a stand alone fairy tale, <i>Virtue</i>. Her next series is entitled <i>Watersong</i>, with the first book coming out Fall 2012.<br/>To learn more you can <a href="http://twitter.com/amanda_hocking">follow her on Twitter</a> or <a href="http://amandahocking.blogspot.com/">visit her blog</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/amandahockingfans">find out news at her Facebook fan page</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/amanda_hocking">her Goodreads</a>.