Meet the Author

Summer Friesen was born in 1996 in Kankakee, Illinois, later moving time after time across the United States as a military brat. Developing a passion for reading and writing, her diverse life experience inspired her to create the first draft of The Book of Thieves in highschool, but never pursued publishing until after graduating college. The Joker’s Game is Summer’s first book.

The Book of Thieves has been a book I’ve been planning since my sophomore year of high school. As I grew older, the story also grew, changing with me. It started as just an outline and profiles of my characters, but then it slowly progressed to drafting specific scenes that needed to happen. It wasn’t until nursing school that I wrote full chapters. Sometimes during lectures, too. Eventually, the puzzle pieces of Abell’s story were painting out my original plan; a young boy that finds himself alone in the world inherits a book of magic that changes his life. Only later does he realize its importance.

She’s also a bit addicted to caffeine and her dogs.