Elle Cosimano is the award-winning author of the acclaimed young adult novels Nearly Gone, Nearly Found, Holding Smoke, and The Suffering Tree. Elle’s debut, Nearly Gone, was an Edgar Award finalist, winner of the International Thriller Award, and winner of the Mathical book award recognizing mathematics in children’s literature. Her more recent young adult thriller, Holding Smoke, was an International Thriller Award nominee and a Bram Stoker Award finalist. In addition to her novels, her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and TIME. Elle lives with her husband and two sons and divides her time between Northern Virginia and Mexico.