We're thrilled to welcome Shannon Messenger back to Kepler's with Lodestar, the sensational fifth book in the bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series in which a telepathic girl is the key to an unknown world and it’s up to her to save it.

Shannon graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she learned—among other things—that she liked watching movies much better than making them. She’s studied art, screenwriting, and television production, but realized her real passion was writing for kids and teens. She lives in Southern California with her husband and an embarrassing number of cats.