Kymberli Hagelberg is a writer, award-winning journalist and native northeast Ohioan. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines, including the Akron Beacon Journal, the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, the (Biloxi) Sun Herald and Billboard, and on National Public Radio. Hagelberg began her writing career as a music critic and entertainment editor. Most of her reporting has focused on politics, business and crime. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication and creative writing from Hiram College. Hagelberg lives outside Akron, Ohio, with her fiance, three cats and a dog in a happy house wi...