BRIAN. YOUNG

Brian Young is a novelist who believes the best stories live in the spaces between what we know and what we imagine. A Chicago native, Brian spent eight years in Seattle, where he developed a deep love of hiking the trails of the Pacific Northwest. Those years wandering through ancient forests-always keeping one eye out for Bigfoot-planted the seeds for "Sophia Sprite and the Sasquatch Secret." The misty woods, the sense that something ancient might be watching from just beyond the tree line, the way the wilderness holds secrets it isn't ready to share-all of it found its way onto the page. Brian is also the author of The Sacred Vein Series, a historical adventure saga that blends treasure hunting, indigenous rights, and the wild landscapes of the American West. His writing is driven by a fascination with hidden worlds-the histories buried beneath our feet, the mysteries we pass by without noticing, and the extraordinary people who dedicate their lives to uncovering the truth. When he's not writing, Brian can be found tending to his collection of houseplants, getting emotionally invested in reality TV, and working on home improvement projects that always seem to take longer than planned. He lives in Chicago with a deep appreciation for a good story, a well-crafted sentence, and the possibility that there's more to the world than meets the eye. "Sophia Sprite and the Sasquatch Secret" is his first young adult novel.