Elizabeth McDavid Jones is the author of PERIL AT KING’S CREEK, featuring AGC character Felicity Merriman, as well as five historical novels from the acclaimed American Girl HISTORY MYSTERY series. THE NIGHT FLYERS won an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and GHOST LIGHT ON GRAVEYARD SHOAL was an Agatha Award finalist. “Liz” also writes stories and plays for American Girl Magazine and for the mini-books American Girl Today. When she’s not being a writer, Liz stays busy with her five children, her "surfin’" husband Rick, and a mountain of dirty laundry.