Theresa Ragan (T.R. Ragan) is a *New York Times*, *USA Today*, and *Wall Street Journal* Bestselling author. Her exciting Lizzy Gardner series [*Abducted*, *Dead Weight*, *A Dark Mind*, *Obsessed*, *Almost Dead*, and *Evil Never Dies*] has received tremendous praise. Since publishing in 2011, she has sold over three million books and has been mentioned in the *Wall Street Journal*, the *L.A. Times*, *PC Magazine*, *Huffington Post*, and *Publishers Weekly*. Theresa grew up in a family of five girls in Lafayette, California. An avid traveler, her wanderings have carried her to Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, China, Thailand, and Nepal, where she narrowly survived being chased by a killer elephant. Before devoting herself to writing fiction, she worked as a legal secretary for a large corporation. Theresa and her husband Joe have four children and live in Sacramento, California. Source: [Bio—T.R. Ragan](https://www.theresaragan.com/about/)