USA Today and ECPA bestselling author Virginia Smith has written more than fifty books with sales approaching 2 million copies worldwide. She serves as president of Bluegrass Writers Coalition Inc. Her novel, Guilty Secrets, was produced as a full-length movie under the title, “The Lies We Bury,” and is now available online. She has received a number of awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit and a National Bookseller’s Best Award. In 2025 she was inducted into the Imagination Hall of Fame. She lives in Kentucky with her husband Brad, a flock of chickens, and a barky Maltese named Max. www.virginiasmith.org.