Alma Katsu is the author of several novels published by Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, most recently The Hunger (G.P. Putnam’s Sons). Her debut, The Taker, was selected a top ten debut novel of 2011 by Booklist and has been published in 16 languages. She attended the Community of Writers for the first time in 2003, and has returned since. www.almakatsu.com