Lea Beddia is the author of books for young-adult striving readers. She is also a high school English teacher. Lea grew up in Montreal, where she had a hard time learning French, but with time, practice and the right books, she can now say she is bilingual (trilingual, if you include the Italian she grew up with). She loves gelato, zombies and stories that show young people they can be powerful. She lives in Joliette, Quebec, with her husband and three children.