Madeline Claire Franklin holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children & Young Adults program, as well as a BA in Media Study and Anthropology from the University at Buffalo. When she is not writing strange fiction for young adults, she is probably attempting to dismantle the patriarchy and/or practicing witchcraft. She lives in sin in western NY, with her partner, two dogs, three cats, and two Roombas, in a little yellow house called Cluckleberry Farms. Her debut novel, THE WILDERNESS OF GIRLS, was a YALSA William C. Morris Award Honor.