Patricia Ward was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, moving to the United States when she was eighteen. She is the author of
The Bullet Collection (Graywolf Press, 2003) and
Skinner Luce (Talos Press, 2016). Ward is also a book artist specializing in miniature books and dioramas. She lives with her family in Vermont.
The Cherished is her first young adult novel, and you can find her at www.patriciasarrafianward.com.
Caroline Hewitt loves reading and imagining. Since she couldn’t figure out a way to actually jump inside a novel, acting and adapting are the closest, and most satisfying, ways she has found to inhabit stories—like narrating audiobooks and adapting novels into plays.