Paula Stokes

Paula Stokes is half writer, half RN, and totally thrilled to be part of the world of YA literature. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where she’s managed to persuade fancy universities to award her degrees in psychology and nursing. Between her studies, she traveled around five continents and spent time living in Thailand and South Korea (which is probably why she finds the idea of wearing shoes in the house a little weird).

When she’s not writing, she’s kayaking, hiking, reading, or seeking out new adventures in faraway lands. She is somewhat obsessive about coffee, music, and adventure sports. Her future goals include swimming with great white sharks and writing a whole slew of novels, not necessarily in that order.

Paula also writes under the pseudonym Fiona Paul.

Q: What do you think are the best books ever written?

A: “Here are some of the books I love love love love: the Harry Potter books, Going Bovine, Along for the Ride, The Truth About Forever, Divergent, White Cat, Red Glove, Black Heart, This is Not a Test, The Collector, What’s Left of Me, Same Difference, Black City, Five Flavors of Dumb, Malice, Audrey Wait, A Tale of Two Centuries, Holes, Walk Two Moons, Bridge to Terabithia, and almost everything by Dean Koontz.”