Clare Bell is a scientist, engineer, and author whose work has taken her to Norway to build electric cars, to Tahiti for research, to Marine World/Africa USA to meet a cheetah, and into the depths of prehistory to develop the Ratha series. She is the author of four other books about Ratha and the Named: Ratha’s Creature, Ratha and Thistle-Chaser (both of which were ALA Best Books for Young Adults) Ratha’s Challenge and Ratha’s Courage. Bell and her husband live in the hills west of Patterson, California, where they have their own solar and wind systems.
Visit her Web site at www.RathasCourage.com