Kristen Chandler is the author of the award-winning Girls Don’t Fly and Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me. Kristen became a writer after being paid in cookies to tell stories to a crying toddler. The crying toddler liked Kristen’s stories enough to stop crying, and Kristen liked cookies enough to keep telling stories. Kristen has also been a ranch hand, waitress, salesperson, ice cream store manager, secretary, freelance journalist, and college writing instructor. She lives in Utah.