Kristin A. Oakley is the author of young adult dystopian The Devil Particle Series and two award-winning suspense thrillers, Carpe Diem, Illinois and God on Mayhem Street. She teaches writing workshops, has critiqued manuscripts through the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, and has helped writers hone their agent pitches at the Division’s Writers’ Institute. As a Chicago Writers Association board member, she was the managing editor of The Write City Magazine and The Write City Review and co-chair of CWA’s educational programming. Book three of Kristin’s dystopian series, The Devil Particle Series, will be released this November. Additionally, Kristin reviews books and writes about being a novelist in her newsletter available at kristinoakley.net.