M.B. Meloy is a California author, multi-genre writer, and former teacher whose novels and children’s books blend history, spiritual realism, and near-future imagination. Trained under a Buddhist monk in her late teens, she folds contemplative practice and questions of universal energy into her stories. Her works include Eyes on Salinas, The Crossing: The Chronicles of Another World, The Incredible Tales of Loretto the Great, Gabner: The Frog King, Nora: The Teenage NORAD, Pale Codes, and 8 Children.