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Shirley Vernick grew up in Massena, New York where the blood libel happened, as did her father, whose family was directly victimized by it. She now lives with her husband, two daughters, and two frisky dogs in Amherst. Shirley has written for Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, national newspapers, and the publications of Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Boston Universities. She graduated from Cornell University, where she was awarded the school’s Fleischmann Scholarship for Writing Achievement. This is her debut novel. For Young Adults.