Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. After dabbling in neighborhood musicals and teen melodrama, she published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. Now her kids are adults, and she writes historical and paranormal romance and mystery for grownups, including the award-winning Bayou Gavotte series and several lively Regencies. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.