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I take a slow sip of lukewarm coffee, reopen the book, and read the words scribbled in red ink near the top: Everyone needs an olly-olly-oxen-free.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Book
Near
Take
Slow
Needs
Red
Coffee
Reopen
Free
Scribbled
Read
Oxen
Words
Lukewarm
Everyone
Ink

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