Moira Young has been by turns an actress, dancer, and opera singer, but her first loves are books and writing.
Her first book, Blood Red Road, won the Costa Children's Book Award, was a Cybils Award Winner for fantasy and science fiction, and was a Best Fiction for Young Adults selection.
The Dust Lands series, of which Blood Red Road is book 1,continues with Rebel Heart, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly.