Adam Gidwitz is the New York Times bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm , In a Glass Grimmly , The Grimm Conclusion, and The Inquisitor's Tale . He grew up in Baltimore, where he went to a school with very few rules and still managed to break them all. He then moved to Brooklyn, where for eight years he taught big kids and littler kids. He now writes full-time--which means he writes for a couple hours each morning and then spends the rest of the day lying on the couch, staring at the ceiling.