Patty Blount writes instruction guides by day and novels by night. As the result of a dare, she wrote her first novel. Although it was never published, Penalty Killer was the subje...view morePatty Blount writes instruction guides by day and novels by night. As the result of a dare, she wrote her first novel. Although it was never published, Penalty Killer was the subject of so many seventh-grade book reports that the school requested a copy of it. Since then, she has become the author of several novels. She lives on Long Island with her family, a fish, and lots of books.view less