First Light

Rebecca Stead grew up in New York City where she lives today with her husband and two sons. Rebecca used to be a lawyer and wrote books for adults before turning to younger fiction. Her second book for children, When You Reach Me, won the Newbery Medal 2010, and her follow-up, Liar and Spy, was the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. She now combines her writing with work as a literary agent.

"Intriguing, credible and absorbing" Publishers Weekly "An absolutely gripping story of a hidden world ... I couldn't put it down" -- Tamora Pierce "Compelling ... [a] thoroughly enjoyable Arctic adventure" Kirkus "Vividly realized ... fresh and believable" The Horn Book Magazine "[An] engrossing yarn - a mix of science, suspense and adventure" The New York Post