Jonna Bragg, is the author of three novels (two written as John): The Broom of God, a thriller set in remote Chilean Patagonia: Exit 8, the story of a Vermont bachelor farmer whose farm is threatened by highway construction, won the 2019 Booklife Prize by Publisher’s Weekly; and Hemlock Flat, a dark mystery that takes place in the hills of New Hampshire. Bragg is a world renowned climber and mountaineer, and has worked more jobs than she can remember. She currently writes, does carpentry and lives in midcoast Maine.