Kristen Ciccarelli is the #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and international bestselling author of Heartless Hunter (Book 1 in The Crimson Moth duology), A Dark Forgetting, and the Iskari series. Before writing books for a living, she dropped out of college and worked as a baker, a potter, and a bookseller. She currently resides in the Niagara region of Ontario with her husband and daughters.