K. August Rose is a writer and lover of bookish things. She grew up with a mother who read everything from X-Men comics to crime thrillers, and a father who tried to solve the mysteries of the universe, one book at a time. A graduate of the University of Maryland, with a BA in English, when not reading or listening to audiobooks, K. August can be found pouring over her latest novel and battling her addiction to Starbucks.