Erin Hart was born in Indiana and raised in Minnesota. She attended Saint Olaf College and the University of Minnesota and worked as an arts journalist for a time before turning to fiction, memoir, and essay. Her debut novel, Haunted Ground, won the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award and the Friends of American Writers Award, and was also nominated for the Anthony and Agatha Awards. Her other works include Lake of Sorrows, False Mermaid, and The Book of Killowen. She lives in Minnesota.
Jennifer McMahon is the author of nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Winter People and Promise Not to Tell. She graduated from Goddard College and studied poetry in the MFA writing program at Vermont College.