USA Today bestselling author Virginia Smith has written over fifty books with sales exceeding 2 million copies worldwide. Her novel, Guilty Secrets, was produced as a full-length movie and is now streaming on Lifetime. She has received a number of awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Meri. In 2025 she was inducted into Kentucky’s Imagination Hall of Fame. She is the President of Bluegrass Writers Coalition, and serves on the World Fantasy Award admin committee. Ginny lives in Kentucky with her husband, a flock of chickens, and a barky Maltese named Max. www.virginiasmith.org.