<p>Sonja Yoerg is an American author of contemporary fiction and nonfiction who grew up in Stowe, Vermont. Her books include <i>Clever as a Fox</i>, a non-fiction book about animal intelligence, the novel <i>The Middle of Somewhere</i>, and <i>House Broken</i>, her acclaimed debut novel. She currently lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband in a 1920s farmhouse.</p>