M C Smith

A native of West Tennessee, M. C. Smith graduated from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee. She currently lives in Durham, North Carolina, where she works for a national not-for-profit agency.

She has been an admirer of Charlotte Bronte since seventh grade and hopes her novel satisfactorily answers some of the questions left behind by Jane Eyre. Oddly enough, when Ms. Smith visited Yorkshire in 2010, she did not find her way to any Bronte-related spots. (The shame!) She did, however, make time for Newstead Abbey, Byron's ancestral home.

When not working, she probably is listening to Dash Rip Rock or Social Distortion.