Carol Goodman is the author of The Lake of Dead Languages, The Seduction of Water, The Drowning Tree, The Ghost Orchid, The Sonnet Lover, and The Night Villa. The Seduction of Water won the Hammett Prize, and others of her novels have been nominated for the Dublin/IMPAC Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her fiction has been translated into eight languages. She lives in New York state with her family.
Leslie Bellair is an audiobook narrator known for Ravencliffe, The Inventor's Secret, Landry Park, Blythewood, and Tarnish. Bellair is also a very accomplished actress. She performs often with the Horizon Theater and has held roles in Avenue Q, Les Miserables, and Mulan (at the Alliance Theatre.) In addition to being an actor, Bellair is also a certified speech-language pathologist.