At an early age, Danielle Younge-Ullman started hiding books under her pillow at night and reading by the light filtering in from the hallway while her parents believed her asleep. She neglected homework, went to school sandy-eyed and had many books confiscated but she could not stop reading. Danielle had found her passion, solace and inspiration in the written word. Danielle somehow made through school and eventually attained a BA in English from McGill University. By this time, in addition to her fiction addiction, Danielle had also developed an addiction to the theatre. After a few colorful and character-building years as a professional actor in Toronto, Danielle finally realized she wanted to write. Since then she has completed two novels and three plays. Her one-act play, 7 Acts of Intercourse, debuted at Toronto’s SummerWorks Festival in 2005 and her debut novel, Falling Under, will be published by Plume/Penguin in late July, 2008. Danielle lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter and their dog. Whenever she is not feeding, chasing after and/or entertaining the little beings or blogging at www.thedebutanteball.com, she is at work on her next novel.