Anna D. Allen

An award-winning writer, Anna D. Allen lives deep in the forest with too many books and not enough dogs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Language and Literature. Her short story, "Ten Gallons a Whore," appeared in Writers of the Future, and she is a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Her future plans include growing tomatoes and cleaning out the freezer. When not writing or reading, she can be found in the kitchen. As well as contributing to the Christmas Revels anthology, she is the author of three collections of short stories, Mrs. Hewitt's Barbeque, Lake People, and Lady de Kiernan's Headache, along with the middle-grade novel, Charles Waverly and the Deadly African Safari, and the Regency romance novel, Miss Pritchard's Happy, Wanton Christmas. The Drowned Girl is her first mystery novel.