Kathryn Miles’s writing career has always focused on uncovering and preserving the odd or unknown story. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Delaware and started her career as a cub reporter writing stories on the quirky and novel. She has since shifted her attention to writing books on a range of such stories. Among her books are Adventures with Ari (2009), All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship (2011), and Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy (2014). Her latest book is Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake, which author Nathalia Holt called “as terrifying as it is enthralling.”