Kim Ablon Whitney grew up in Newton, MA, and now lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and Brisby, her greyhound. She received her B.A. from Tufts University and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She writes fiction for both adult and young adult readers. Her first young adult novel, See You Down The Road, (Knopf ’04) is the story of a young woman growing up in the itinerant culture of the Irish Travelers. Kim won the 2001 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Judy Blume Work-in-Progress Grant for a Contemporary Young Adult Novel and the 2002 PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus Discovery Award. Kim currently teaches freshman writing at Emerson College in Boston and works as a freelance writer for numerous national equestrian magazines. Her second young adult novel, To Win the Finals, will be published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in fall ‘2005. For more information about Kim, school visits, book signings and presentations, please visit her website: www.kimablonwhitney.com.