Seeker (Shadows) (28 page)

SEEKER.
Oh, to be in the head of the “bad guys” is a very, very fun thing. Once I knew I wanted each book to have a predominantly different MC, I knew exactly how I wanted to do the last book, and that’s from the eyes of a girl named Kara, who prides herself in being a fabulous Seeker of new talent for The Middle Men. I will also say that I planned the way this series ended from the moment I knew it would be a series. You can blame Michael Crichton’s Sphere for the end of this book if you’re not satisfied—I nearly left it even more open than it is now.

ABOUT the AUTHOR

Jolene grew up in South-central Alaska. She’s lived in Anchorage, near the Alyeska ski resort, on a cabin on an island on a lake, and then in a boring old house.

Jolene kissed a boy on her high school graduation night. One she’d wanted to kiss for a long time. They got married two years later, have built two homes together, survived military deployments, law school, student loan debt, and two children.

Jolene plays the guitar, takes pictures, and loves to hike. She doesn’t like rivers, but loves the ocean. She loves to fly, but gets motion sick. Her ultimate vacation would be to sail through the deserted islands in The Bahamas. Two years ago, she got that wish when her parents retired on a sailboat.

She taught high school French when she was only a few years older than her students, and then taught middle school math with her degree in political science and French.

She spends grocery money on designer fabric, shoes, and books.

Jolene cannot express how many times she wished she could write a whole novel. And now she has. Several times. Life is good.

I’VE WRITTEN LOTS OF BOOKS
and plan to write lots more. My already released titles are:

LDS FICTION:
The Next Door Boys, Left to Love, My Forever
.

YA CONTEMPORARY:
Night Sky, Knee Deep, Spill Over, My Heart for Yours
(co-authored with Steph Campbell),
Dizzy
(Co-authored with Nyrae Dawn).

NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY:
A collection of short stories –
10 Weeks
(Co-authored with Janna Watts), and
Falling
, which takes place in my backyard, and uses a lot of people I know in real life. Look for
3 Sides to a Circle
(Co-authored with Janna Watts).

IN BOOKSTORES:

Look for
Out of Play
(co-authored with Nyrae Dawn) to be released Fall 2013 with Entangled Publishing, and
Used To Be
, (though I’m predicting a title change) to be released Spring 2014 by Albert Whitman Teen Publishing as well as
The Happiness of Joy
, also from Albert Whitman Teen.