Scott O’Connor was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of an air-traffic controller and a preschool teacher. He is a co-founder of GO Studios, a post-production and motion graphics design firm. Among Wolves, his 2004 novella,about a boy who believes his parents have been replaced by imposters, was praised by the Los Angeles Times Book Review for its “crisp, take-no-prisoners style.” Untouchable, his first novel, was published by Tyrus Books in May, 2011 and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. His new novel, Half World, will be published by Simon & Schuster in February, 2014. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.