Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times number one bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. Her novel The Isle of the Lost, the prequel to the Disney Channel movie, The Descendants, spent fifteen weeks on the NYT bestseller list at number 1 and has over 1 million copies in print. She has written two sequels and a novel for Marvel. She is also the author of The Never After series, which includes The Thirteenth Fairy, and The Stolen Slippers. Melissa grew up in Manila and now lives in Hollywood, USA.