Authors from A to Z: B

Authors from A to Z is a posting challenge hosted by

Heather at Proud Book Nerd. The challenge is simple: each day for the month of June (except Sundays) share your favorite authors whose last name corresponds to the letter for that day.  
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How I'm participating in the challenge:

This year I am going to try to highlight just one author each day that I am really taken with. If I can't come up with one, it may be a book, a song, or a surprise!

B = Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Many YA readers probably know Barnes from her popular Raised by Wolves series. Seeing that it took me a while to consider reading books involving werewolves, the book that put me on the Barnes bandwagon was Every Other Day (my review here). I absolutely loved the intense story and all the crazy goings-on and the insane cast of creatures that make life for the protagonist so dangerous.

Because of Every Other Day, I now have Raised by Wolves in my TBR pile. And while I admire Barnes for her books (and she has several published) I also admire her because she just finished getting her PhD and is officially Dr. Barnes. How cool is that?!