Jen­nifer A. Nielsen is the acclaimed author of the New York Times and USA Today best­selling Ascen­dance Series: The False Prince, The Run­away King, The Shad­ow Throne, The Cap­tive King­dom, and The Shat­tered Cas­tle. She also wrote the New York Times best­seller The Trai­tor­’s Game and its sequels, The Deceiver’s Heart and The War­rior’s Curse; the New York Times best­selling Mark of the Thief tril­o­gy: Mark of the Thief, Rise of the Wolf, and Wrath of the Storm; the stand­alone fan­ta­sy The Scourge; and the crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed his­tor­i­cal thrillers A Night Divid­ed, Resis­tance, Words on Fire, Res­cue, Lines of Courage, Ice­berg, Upris­ing, and One Wrong Step. Jen­nifer col­lects old books, loves good the­ater, and thinks that a qui­et after­noon in the moun­tains makes for a near­ly per­fect moment. She lives in north­ern Utah with her fam­i­ly, and is prob­a­bly sneak­ing in a bite of dark choco­late right now. You can vis­it her online at jen​nielsen​.com or fol­low her on Twit­ter and Insta­gram at @nielsenwriter.