written by
Darci Stone
illustrated by
Quintin Gleim
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Darci Stone graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Physics Teaching and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Her story “Mara’s Shadow” was strongly influenced by both her love of science and her love of world cultures. Darci lived at a boarding school in Singapore while attending the United World College of Southeast Asia on scholarship. She also taught English in Russia, and has participated in humanitarian aid projects in India and Cambodia. She currently teaches high school physics in American Fork, Utah and is a web developer for online educational software.
Darci married into the world of speculative fiction when she said “yes” to Nebula Award-winner Eric James Stone. While dating, she began atte
