While Bev Boissery has written more than twenty books, ranging from academic and legal history to young adult fiction. Her young adult Sophie Mallory series, based on an American caught in the middle of a rebellion in Lower Canada, won several awards, including one from the Canada Council of the Arts. Bev has her Ph.D from The Australian National University and has been a scholar in residence at Regent College. Her favorite color? Whatever's clean. Favorite movie? Genevieve. Favorite author? Clare Mallory. If you know who they are, you'll know her favorite decade. Probably the most extraordinary thing about Bev is that she was kidnapped 3 times! She now lives safely in Vancouver with her new feline friend Penny.