Marina Cohen has a Master’s Degree in literature and is the author of several middle-grade books. Her novels, including THE INN BETWEEN, THE DOLL’S EYE, A BOX OF BONES, and SHADOW GRAVE, have been Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and have been nominated for various awards in the US and Canada including, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Library Association Children’s Choice Award, The Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, The Sunburst Award, and the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch and Red Maple Awards. THE INN BETWEEN received a Kirkus starred review and was an Amazon Book of the Month. When she’s not teaching or writing Marina enjoys spending time with her family, baking gingerbread, searching for mysterious doors of all shapes and sizes, and pondering life’s great mysteries. To Learn more about Marina visit her website at www.marinacohen.com