About the author

Lindsay Detwiler

<p>A&nbsp;high school English teacher, an author, and a fan of anything pink and/or glittery, Lindsay&#39;s the&nbsp;English teacher clich&eacute; ; she&nbsp;love cats, reading, Shakespeare, and Poe.</p><p></p><p>She currently lives in her hometown with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart);&nbsp;their cats, Arya, Amelia, Alice, and Bob; and their Mastiff, Henry.</p><p></p><p>Lindsay&#39;s&nbsp;goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. Some reviewers have noted that her books are&nbsp;not the &ldquo;typical romance.&rdquo; With her novels coming&nbsp;from a place of honesty,&nbsp;Lindsay&nbsp;examines the difficult questions, looks at the tough emotions, and paints the pictures that are sometimes difficult to look at. She&nbsp;wants her&nbsp;fiction to resonate with readers as realistic, poetic, and powerful. Lindsay wants women readers to be able to say, &ldquo;I see myself in that novel.&rdquo; She&nbsp;wants to speak to the modern woman&rsquo;s experience while also bringing a twist of something new and exciting. Her aim is for&nbsp;readers to say, &ldquo;That could happen,&rdquo; or &ldquo;I feel like the characters are real.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s how she&nbsp;knows she&#39;s&nbsp;done her&nbsp;job.</p><p></p><p>Lindsay&#39;s hope is that by becoming a published author, she&nbsp;can inspire some of her students and other aspiring writers to pursue their own passions. She&nbsp;wants them to see that any dream can be attained and publishing a novel isn&rsquo;t out of the realm of possibility.</p>