Lori Miller Kase is an award-winning journalist, short story writer, essayist and young adult author. She studied comparative literature at Brown University and creative writing at Wesleyan University, where she earned a Master's degree. The Accident, her debut novel, was the YA finalist for the 2024 Tassy Walden Awards for New Voices in Children's Literature. The mother of two grown children, Lori writes from Simsbury, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband, her dog Joey, and an ever-expanding collection of books.