KATY UPPERMAN is a graduate of Washington State University, a former elementary school teacher, a military spouse, and an insatiable reader. Her YA novels include Kissing Max Holden, How the Light Gets In, and The Impossibility of Us, which won the 2019 YAVA Award for Excellence in YA Literature by a Virginia author. When she's not writing, Katy can be found baking batches of chocolate chip cookies or exploring California's beaches with her husband and two daughters.