<p>Carol Van Natta is a USA TODAY bestselling science fiction and fantasy author. Works include the adventurous Central Galactic Concordance space opera series that starts with <strong>OVERLOAD FLUX, MINDER RISING, PICO'S CRUSH,</strong> and <strong>JUMPER'S HOPE</strong>, and the smokin' hot Ice Age Shifters™ series that starts with <strong>SHIFTER MATE MAGIC, SHIFT OF DESTINY, HEART OF A DIRE WOLF,</strong> and <strong>DIRE WOLF WANTED.</strong> She is the co-author of a retro-science fiction comedy, <strong>Hooray for Holopticon</strong>, which is very different from her solo works, but lots of fun. She shares her Fort Collins, CO home with a sometime mad scientist and various cats. Find her on Facebook at facebook.com/CarolVanNattaAuthor, and visit her on the web at Author.CarolVanNatta.com, and sign up to get her newsletter at bit.ly/CVN-news.</p>