Emilie Christie Burack lives in rural New Hampshire where she writes novels and picture books for children. Her debut novel The Runaway’s Gold (Abrams/Amulet) was a Junior Library Guild pick, honored by the National Council for Social Studies, winner of the New England Book Festival for Young Adult Fiction, and represented New Hampshire at the National Book Festival. She is a frequent visiting author at schools and served many years as a trustee of her local library. Emilie earned her B.A. at Mount Holyoke College and M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. When not writing, she teaches reading to seventh and eighth graders at a public middle school.
