Lauren Scharhag is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her works include Under Julia, The Ice Dragon, The Winter Prince, and West Side Girl & Other Poems, and The Order of the Four Sons series (with Coyote Kishpaugh). She is the recipient of the Gerard Manley Hopkins Award for poetry and a fellowship from Rockhurst University for fiction. When not writing, she can be found hanging out in prisons or embarking on art pilgrimages. A recent transplant to the Florida Panhandle, she lives with her husband and three cats.