NANCY FARMER is the author of nine novels, including The Ear, the Eye and the Arm and A Girl Named Disaster, each a Newbery Honor Book, and The House of the Scorpion, winner of the National Book Award, as well as being a Newbery Honor Book and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. For somewhat younger readers, she has written a trilogy inspired by Norse mythology: The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, and The Islands of the Blessed.
Nancy Farmer lives with her husband in the small town of Portal, Arizona, which is one of the settings for The Lord of Opium. Visit her online at nancyfarmerwebsite.com.
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