Mary Shotwell

Mary Shotwell is the author of small-town romances for every season. The third book in her Waverly Lake series, Christmas Island, is a 2023 RONE Award Finalist. Her first romance novel, Christmas Catch (Carina Press, 2018), received a starred review from Library Journal and was a 2019 Golden Leaf Award finalist for Best First Book. Her speculative short stories are featured in several anthologies, and her latest nonfiction story can be seen in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas (Simon & Schuster 2022). She lives in Tennessee with her husband and three children and loves holidays, baking anything sweet and hosting movie nights with her kids. Learn more at maryshotwelldotcom.