Tara K. Harper is the author of nine┬аscience-fiction novels, including the best-selling and critically acclaimed Wolfwalker series and Cat Scratch series.┬аProfessionally, Harper has worked for over 20 years as a science editor and writer in fields as diverse as software engineering, high-speed microwave (satellite, not kitchen appliances) wafer communications, superconductor and microprocessor technology, medical sciences, genetics, and herpetology. ┬аIt is this continuing background in R&D medical science, high-tech, forensics, and other disciplines that Harper credits with being the inspiration for the science in her fiction novels. Find out more about Harper at┬аtarakharper.com.