Mac, Rei: - Rei Mac is a thirteen-year-old author who was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a small child, she loved telling stories and making people laugh. She now uses her passion to explore strange and wonderful worlds that lie hidden behind the mind's eye. Rei's first complete book, The Junkyard, appeals to kids like her who like to peer into the dark spaces between buildings, hoping to catch a glimpse of something curious and unruly-the real beyond the real. Rei currently makes her home in Ohio.