The Letters

Luanne Rice is the author of The Silver Boat, Secrets of Paris, The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners, The Geometry of Sisters, Last Kiss, Light of the Moon, What Matters Most, The Edge of Winter, Sandcastles, Summer of Roses, Summer’s Child, Silver Bells, Beach Girls, and many other New York Times bestsellers. She lives in New York City and Southern California.   Joseph Monninger is the acclaimed author of several works of nonfiction and fiction for teens and adults, including The World as We Know It, and has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. A native of New Jersey and one-time Peace Corps volunteer, he is a college professor in New Hampshire where he lives in a converted barn with his wife, Wendy.