Darby Karchut is an award-winning author, former teacher, and compulsive dawn greeter. Her many books include DEL TORO MOON (middle grade fantasy series) and ON A GOOD HORSE and THE HORSE WHO CARRIES THE STARS (middle grade contemporaries). She is the recipient of the Colorado Book Award, the Western Writers of America Spur Award, the High Plains Book Award, and the Will Rogers Medallion Award. A native of New Mexico, she now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where she runs in blizzards and bikes in lightning storms. When not dodging death by Colorado, Darby can be found wrangling words. Repped by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management. Visit the author at www.darbykarchut.com and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Goodreads.