Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is the author of five previous novels and speaks to women's groups around the United States. She is the cofounder of the popular women's fiction site She Reads and is active in a local writers' group. Marybeth and her husband, Curt, have been married for twenty-four years and are the parents of six children, ranging from young adult to elementary age. The family lives in North Carolina. Marybeth spends most of her time in the grocery store but occasionally escapes long enough to scribble some words. She is always at work on her next novel.