Kat Falls is the author of the middle-grade science fiction novels Dark Life and Rip Tide, which she describes as “underwater westerns.” Dark Life has been nominated for children’s book awards in ten states and translated into more than a dozen languages around the world. Kat appeared on the Today Show when Dark Life was featured on Al Roker’s Book Club. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an undergrad, and went on to receive an MFA from Northwestern University, where she now teaches. Kat lives in Evanston, Illinois, with her husband and their three children — plus a dog, two cats, and a guinea pig named Toot.