Julian Winters is the bestselling and award-winning author of acclaimed novels for young people and adults, including Running with Lions, an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award winner, and Right Where I Left You, a Georgia Peach Award nominee. A self-proclaimed comic-book geek, Julian lives outside Atlanta, where he can be found reading or zesting up his favorite recipes with a little spice and a lot of love. Sweet Disaster is his middle-grade debut.