Katherine Scott Crawford is an award-winning author, recovering academic and former adjunct professor. She serves as a guest lecturer and workshop leader at conferences, literary festivals, writers' retreats, and more. As a newspaper columnist, her popular column appeared weekly across the United States and abroad, in USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, and many others. She holds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Founder and director of MountainTop Writers Retreats, she lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband, daughters, and their trail dog. Her second historical novel, THE MINIATURIST'S ASSISTANT, is forthcoming in April 2025 from Regal House Publishing.