Kim Long writes stories with a sense of adventure and a hint of science. She has a B.S. in Urban Planning and Environmental Management from Elmhurst University and earned her law degree with a Certificate in Environmental and Energy Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law. When not writing, she loves playing board games, watching Star Wars movies, and riding her bike along Illinois’s many trails. Catching Cryptids: the Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.