J. C. Cervantes is the New York Times bestselling author of the Storm Runner series as well as other books for young people and adults. She currently resides in the Land of Enchantment with her family and spoiled pups but keeps part of her heart in Southern California, where she was born and raised. When she isn’t writing, she is haunting bookstores and searching for magic in all corners of the world. Her new middle grade fantasy is "The Daggers of Ire" and her new adult fantasy is "The Anatomy of Magic."