Annette Drake is a multi-genre author whose work is character-drive and celebrates the law of unintended consequences. Bone Girl is her second novel. Annette left high school after two years to obtain her GED and attend Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. She worked as a reporter and editor for small newspapers in Missouri and Kansas before returning to school to earn her nursing degree. She has worked in hospitals in Missouri, Alaska and Washington. Annette makes her home in Spokane, Washington. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and Spokane Authors & Self-Publishers, she loves libraries, basset hounds and bakeries. She does not camp. If she can help it.