Riders, by a New York Times bestselling author, Veronica Rossi is a fictional novel written about a young man in the military who becomes one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Rossi was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1973. Rossi lived in several different countries including Mexico and Venezuela until she finally settled in the United States. Rossi attended the University of California; additionally, she completed her undergraduate degree, and her first novel Under the Never Sky. Rossi wrote the book because she wanted a challenge. In an interview given by Shelley Diaz in correspondence with ‘School Library Journey’, Rossi stated that she wanted to write something about a soldier and something that scared her (School Library Journal).