Meagan Spooner was born in Washington, D.C., where she grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day. Her parents, despite both of them being rational, logical lawyers, encouraged their creative changeling child to dream big. Her older sister introduced her at a young age to science fiction and fantasy, and after that there was no going back.
She has traveled all over the world to places like Egypt, Greece, Antarctica, the Galapagos, Chile, the Arctic Circle, and Australia. After graduating with a degree in playwriting from Hamilton College in New York, she spent several years off and on traveling between D.C. and Melbourne, Australia, to write. If she had her way she’d live in both places, but until someone invents a teleporter, she’ll settle for traveling back and forth.
She writes fantasy and science fiction for young adults, because she’s more young than adult herself. She is represented by Josh Adams of Adams Literary, and her debut novel, SKYLARK, is forthcoming in Fall 2012 from Carolrhoda Lab. She is also co-author of THESE BROKEN STARS, a young adult science fiction novel, forthcoming in Summer 2013 from Disney-Hyperion. When she’s not writing about the end of the world, she’s writing about its beginning, indulging a lifelong obsession with mythology and fairy tales. In her spare time she plays guitar, plays video games, plays with her cat, and reads.