After earning a master’s in marketing and working as an executive in Corporate America, Shelli traded out her heels and suits for flip-flops and jeans so she could follow her passion of writing.

She can often be found on highways and country roads saving strays and other jaywalking critters, or volunteering with animal conservation groups like the Atlanta Zoo, the Dolphin Project, and Bosley’s puppy orphanage. She is also the critically-acclaimed author of teen novels (written as SR Johannes) including the Nature of Grace series ( Untraceable, Uncontrollable, and Unstoppable), Rewired, and On the Bright Side. Johannes is coauthor of nine books in the Loves Science series (co/Kimberly Derting), Theo Thesaurus series, Shine Like a Unicorn, and Penny: An Engineering Tale of the Fourth Pig (Capstone, Fall 2022). Her experimental films and documentaries have been shown around the world at film festivals. She earned her MFA in Film/Video from CalArts and BA from the University of Virginia. You can visit her online at Vashti Harrison is the author-artist of the New York Times bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History and the artist of the Cece Loves Science series. Her three beautiful (and often mouthy) children serve as an endless source of inspiration and frequently find things they say buried in the pages of their mother’s books. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where the gloomy weather is ideal for writing anything dark and creepy.

Kimberly Derting is the author of the Cece Loves Science series, the Body Finder series, the Pledge trilogy, and the Taking series.

Untraceable by Shelli R. Johannes