Kristen Bird lives outside of Houston, Texas with her husband and three daughters. She earned her bachelor's degree in music and mass media before completing a master's in literature. She teaches high school English and writes with a cup of coffee in hand. In her free time, she likes to visit parks with her three daughters, watch quirky films with her husband and attempt to keep pace with her rescue lab-mixes. THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING is her debut novel.

Celeste Connally (aka S.C. Perkins) is a fifth-generation Texan who grew up hearing fascinating stories of her ancestry and eating lots of great Tex-Mex, both of which inspired the plot of her debut mystery novel. Murder Once Removed,  was the winner of the 2017 Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery competition. When she’s not writing, she’s likely outside in the sun, on the beach, or riding horses. S.C. Perkins also writes historical mysteries as Celeste Connally. 

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