Barbara J. Dzikowski graduated from Indiana University with a degree in philosophy, and she went on to receive a Masters in counseling. She has published four novels, her debut being Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost  (2011). Since then, she has published the Moon Triology contemporary family saga series about two families whose lives become inextricably entwined from the 1960s through the present: The Moonstoners (2019), The Last Moon Before Home (2020), and The Fireweed Moon (2023). After living on both U.S. coasts, she resides in her native Midwest.