Nicole Seitz is a South Carolina Lowcountry native, the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, and editor of a non-fiction anthology. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism, she also has a bachelor's degree in illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Nicole is a speaker on writing, art, and faith; she's a painter and has illustrated the covers for her novels. She also taught art for many years at a local private school in the Charleston, South Carolina area, where she lives with her husband and two children. Nicole's latest release, The Cage-maker, is a Southern Gothic historical mystery based on discoveries she made while researching her own family history in New Orleans.
Kelly Ruby Hanson is a Mental Health Coach, Sacred Passage Death Doula, and Human Design Practitioner who helps people manage the complex emotions that arise during difficult experiences. After facing many deaths in her work as a surgical technologist at the hospital and then losing her mom, Kelly realized that she needed a different set of skills and tools to better support the losses she experienced. Kelly learned that to have a better dying experience, people needed more than the traditional medicine could offer. Kelly became a Death Doula through The Conscious Dying Institute to deepen her work with clients. Now, Kelly combines medical knowledge, mental health practices, practical understanding of the dying process, and conversation ski
For Sharon, writing is like breathing. She's been penning stories since second grade. Sharon is an avid reader, writer, gardener, and jewelry artist living near the Chesapeake Bay, the setting of many of her novels.
