Catherine Ryan Howard is a writer, blogger and enthusiastic coffee-drinker from Cork, Ireland. She is the author of the bestselling travel memoir, Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida, and its sequel, Backpacked: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida. In October 2011 she'll release her first novel, Results Not Typical. She currently divides her time between her desk and the sofa, and wants to be a NASA astronaut when she grows up. (She's 29.) She blogs at www.catherineryanhoward.com.