Teresa Slack loves reading, falling in love, and sticking her nose into other peoples's business. Writing fiction seemed like a natural career choice for her. Her first novel, Streams of Mercy, won the Independent Bay Area Publishers' Assn. award for "Best First Novel." Since then, her down-to-earth characters and realistic dialog have endeared her to readers and reviewers alike. She lives in southern Ohio with her husband and two rescue dogs, and is crazy busy at work on her next novel.