Yvonne Ventresca

Yvonne Ventresca is a young adult author who likes writing about situations that scare her. Pandemic (Sky Pony Press, 2014), her debut novel, won a Crystal Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in 2015. Yvonne's other credits include a short story in the YA dystopian anthology Prep for Doom and two un-frightening nonfiction books. Besides writing, she enjoys Isshinryu karate, which she's studied for the last ten years. Yvonne resides with her family in Chatham, New Jersey.