KATHERINE COWLEY is the author of The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, The True
Confessions of a London Spy, and the forthcoming novel The Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception. She has also published a number of short stories and novellas, and is on the board of directors for the Mormon Lit Lab. Her blog, Jane Austen Writing Lessons, was selected by The Write Life as one of the 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021. She teaches writing classes at Western Michigan University, and lives in Kalamazoo with her husband and three daughters.