Billy Merrell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a writer of both poetry and prose, coauthoring the
New York Times bestselling Spirit Animal series and appearing in several anthologies of poetry. His other works include
Talking in the Dark,
Vanilla, the Infinity Ring Secrets series, and
The Full Spectrum, which was coedited with David Levithan and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award. Merrell currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his husband, Nico Medina.
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