Cecil Castellucci is the author of books and graphic novels for young adults including Boy Proof , The Plain Janes , First Day on Earth , The Year of the Beasts , Tin Star , Stone in the Sky and the Eisner nominated Odd Duck . Her picture book, Grandma's Gloves , won the California Book Award Gold Medal. Her short stories have been published in Strange Horizons , YARN, Tor.com, and various anthologies including, Teeth, After, and Interfictions 2 . She is the Children's Correspondence Coordinator for The Rumpus , a two time Macdowell Fellow and the founding YA Editor at The LA Review of Books .;;In addition to writing books, she writes plays, makes movies, does performance pieces, and still occasionally rocks out. Born in New York City to French Canadian parents, she is a citizen of both America and Canada. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles.