Michael Solis is the author of the YA sci-fi novel Deficient, a Reviewers’ Choice Award winner from YADudeBooks and a nominee for the Pushcart Prize, the Stonewall Book Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award, as well as its sequel, Feral Rising. He serves as Executive Director of Writers & Books, a literary arts nonprofit in Rochester, New York, and co-chairs the Middle Grade/Young Adult Committee of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Publishing Triangle. Learn more at michaelsolisauthor.com.