Beck Michaels is the bestselling author of the enchanting young adult fantasy series, _The Guardians of the Maiden, _and_ The Chronicles of Urn. _She has been working on the Guardians_ _series_ _since she was fifteen years old, so she’d like to believe her characters exist in some tangible dimension, even if it’s only in her imagination. Beck currently lives in Indiana with her husband and two children, where she spends most of her time reading and daydreaming of adventures in faraway lands.