Monica SherwoodMonica Sherwood grew up on Long Island and currently lives in Brooklyn. She is a former elementary school teacher with a master's degree in Childhood and Special Education from Hunter College, and currently works in educational technlogy as a product designer for teachers and kids. Monica began dreaming up The Ice House during a particularly long, cold winter, inventing a world "where snow and ice came to represent that desperate feeling of being hopelessly stuck in one place ... but where change is, eventually, inevitable." The Ice House is her debut novel. Read More Read Less