Ellie Cypher was born and raised in Northern California, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis. Though she has lived all over the world, from Scotland to Chile to Tasmania she currently resides in the great state of Tennessee, and is an active member of SCBWI. When not writing for young adults, she can be found spending her time caring for all manner of creatures great and small, hiking the Great Smoky Mountains with her husband and black Lab, or generally trying to kick her wanderlust for world traveling.