Haven Kimmel is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir, A Girl Named Zippy, and the critically acclaimed, Orange Prize-longlisted novel The Solace of Leaving Early. She studied English and creative writing at Ball State University and North Carolina State University. She also attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. Something Rising (Light and Swift) is her second novel, and the second part of a planned trilogy.