Shelley Sykes is the author of young adult novel, For Mike, Honor Book Award Winner in the Delacorte Prize Young Adult Novel Contest and Edgar Allen Poe Award nominee. For Mike has been nominated for 2 State Book Awards and has been placed on 2 State Reading Lists. It is a favorite among young adult readers
Sykes is a ghost hunter and researcher who is familiar with the grave yards and haunted places in and around her home town, just outside of Gettysburg, PA.