Daniel José Older is a lead High Republic story architect and the New York Time s best-selling author of Ballad & Dagger, a Young Adult urban fantasy from Rick Riordan Presents, as well as fourteen other novels, and numerous short stories and essays. He also writes the ongoing comic book series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, along with various projects for Marvel. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, the Mythopoeic Award, the Locus Award, the Andre Norton Award, and the World Fantasy Award. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his decade-long career as an NYC paramedic, and hear his music at http://danieljoseolder.net, on youtube, @djolder on Twitter, @danieljose1 on Instagram and @danieljoseolder on TikTok.