Helen J. Darling is the author of a mystery novel, <em>Death in the Dunes</em>, as well as two humorous women’s fiction novels: <em>I'll Know Me When I Find Me</em> and <em>Terms and Conditions.<br></em><br>She lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, a codependent beagle, and a cat who owns them all. Helen worked in publishing for twenty years before acknowledging she’d like to write something herself. When she’s not writing or spending time with her family, she dabbles uncontrollably in hobbies from photography and painting to gardening, carpentry, and home renovations. She reads three or four books at a time. She also keeps bees. That’s why she takes so long to write her novels.