The author of twelve novels and counting, Canadian author Wesley King has received over twenty literary awards and seen his books published worldwide. Focusing on middle grade and young adult literature, King is best known for his collaboration with Kobe Bryant on the #1 New York Times Bestselling Wizenard Series, as well as the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, which was also a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and Silver Birch winner. His most recent release, Sara and the Search for Normal, won both the Violet Downey and Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards. He currently splits his time between Nova Scotia, Canada, and a circumnavigation attempt on a creaking 1967 sailboat.