Melva Haggar Dye is a free-lance writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul. This is her second novel, the first being All That Remains. After living for many years in Houston, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she returned to her native Western North Carolina. She and her husband make their home in Lake Lure, NC.