Sara Zarr is the acclaimed author of four novels for young adults. Her fifth, The Lucy Variations, will be published in May 2013. She's a National Book Award finalist and a two-time Utah Book Award winner. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Image, Hunger Mountain online, and Response. She’s also been a regular contributor to Image‘s Good Letters blog on faith, life, and culture. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband, and online at www.sarazarr.com.