Northstar Vale who put the Halo novels here?

he looked respectfully at her stomach as she presented it to him. like, she was showing off to him, right? he didn't think it was rude to look, but he respected women and all that. especially umi. mmmiiiii'vvve never seen it. snow. he admitted. even in his part of norcal it was far too warm for good snow to come down. he was raised beyond the sierras by the shore, though he didn't know the name of the mountain range. he knew it was cold and fluffy and white, but that was about it.