Jasmine Warga is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of middle grade novels Other Words For Home, The Shape of Thunder, A Rover’s Story, and A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Her books have won numerous awards, including a Newbery Honor, been named to many state award reading lists, and listed as best books of the year by publications such as NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and others. Her next novel, The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, will be published on March 3, 2026. Originally from Cincinnati, she now lives in the Chicago-area with her family in a house filled with books.