STEPHANIE BLACK is the author of fourteen books, including the Natalie Marsh mystery series and The Trespassers, a mystery with a touch of the paranormal. She is a four-time Whitney Award winner for Best Mystery/Suspense and a finalist for the LDSPMA Praiseworthy Awards. She thinks the Storymakers Conference is one of the best events on the planet and loves to hang out with a bunch of people who understand hand-wringing over characterization, the thrill of twisting a plot, and the temptation to overuse semicolons.