Patricia McCormickA former journalist, Patricia McCormick is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels Never Fall Down, Purple Heart, My Brother's Keeper, and Cut, an ALA Best Book for Teenagers. Her novel, Sold, a National Book Award finalist, was namd one of the Best 100 Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly, and the American Library Association selected it as one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2006. Patricia was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004. A graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Patricia lives in Manhattan. Read More Read Less