Bonnie Stanard has experience as an editor, writer, and teacher in her native South Carolina as well as in Richmond, Atlanta, and Brussels. She is the author of six previous historical fiction novels, two children’s books, and the chapbook Time Carries All Things Away. She has won various awards for her fiction, including InkSpot’s list of Best Books of 2016 for Master of Westfall Plantation, the 2018 President’s Book Award by Florida Authors and Publishers Association for the children’s book Cat’s Fur, and James River Writers finalist for Best Self-Published Novel of 2016 for Dust on the Bible. Her poems have won recognition with a Pushcart Prize nomination as well as placing in competitions such as Rash Award in Poetry, Carry McCray Award, River Poets Journal Contest, and Marsh Hawk poetry book contest.