Laura Downes is based in Georgia where she writes southern gothic tales under her own name and historical romance novels under a pseudonym. A dabbler in many genres, she studied writing at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Pittsburgh. Regional Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre has held staged reading of two of her plays and her documentary, Wildlife Waystation, was a “Project for Awesome” finalist, raising critical funds to support an exotic animal sanctuary after a devastating wildfire. Find her online at www.lauradownes.com