Suzanne Hendricks holds a B.S.Ed. degree in Secondary Math Education from the University of Georgia and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership from Valdosta State University. She has worked in education for many years and is currently teaching high school mathematics. She and her husband, Eric, have been married for nearly three decades and are parents to three adult children. On their farm in middle Georgia, they strive to protect pollinators, such as bees, by routinely planting vegetable gardens. They also raise goats that keep the poison ivy at bay. Suzanne enjoys writing about her life and experiences in rural Georgia and shares these on social media. Garden of Ash is her debut novel.