Erin Bartels is an author, a freelance editor, and a copywriter for an independent publishing house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2014, she was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post’s Great American Fiction Contest with her story “This Elegant Ruin.” She is a board member for the Capital City Writers Association, a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and the features editor of WFWA’s newsletter, Write On. Author of The Intentional Writer, Erin blogs at www.ErinBartels.com and speaks at writers conferences.

She lives in a little brick house in Michigan with her husband, Zachary, and their karate-obsessed son, nestled somewhere between angry protesters on the Capitol lawn and couch-burning frat boys at nearby Michigan State University. And yet, she claims it is really quite peaceful.

For updates and information on new releases, follow her on Twitter @ErinLBartels or find her on Facebook (ErinBartelsAuthor).