Ann Simas lives in Oregon, but she is a Col­orado girl at heart, having grown up in the Rocky Mountains. An avid word-lover since childhood, she penned her first fiction “book” in high school. She particularly likes to write a mix of mystery-thriller-suspense, with a love story and paranormal elements.

An award-winning watercolorist and a budding photo­gra­pher, Ann also enjoys needlework and gardening in her spare time. She is her family’s “genealogist” and has been blessed with the opportunity to conduct first-hand research in Italy for both her writing and her family tree. Some of her Italy photos are displayed on the home page of her website, annsimas.com. The genealogy research from century’s old documents, written in Italian, has been a supreme but grati­fying and exciting challenge for her.