Greg van Eekhout is the author of four fantasy novels for adults and six fantasy and science fiction novels for middle-grade readers, as well as dozens of short stories. His novel Weird Kid won the California Independent Booksellers Alliance's Golden Poppy Award. Others of his works have been finalists for the Nebula Award, Andre Norton Award, and Locus Award and were listed by the New York Public Library among the best 100 books for children.