Vailes Shepperd

Vailes Shepperd grew up with a love of words: Words first, then stories, and inevitably books.

Thank goodness for her grandmother’s library. She is happiest in her reading chair, enjoying one

story with two new books waiting in the wings. Shepperd is one of the founding members of the

Washington Independent Review of Books and a former senior features editor. She grew up in

Washington, DC, and after moving around the world, returned home and lives there now with

her husbands and sons. A Good Ending for Bad Memories is her first published novel.