Nancy Holder is a four-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author, and was nominated a fifth time for one of her “Buffy” novels. She also received a special award from Amazon.com for The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1. She has written or cowritten over three dozen projects in the “BtVS” and “Angel” universes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher’s Guide, Volume 1, coauthored with Christopher Golden, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list and was described in Entertainment Weekly and the Wall Street Journal as “superb.” She lives in San Diego with her 8-year-old daughter, Belle, a daunting karate student and key soccer defender, who, as of this writing, is eagerly awaiting her first softball season.