"Winner of the Chill Award and the Pencraft Award and a finalist for The Book Buyers Best Award, The Maggie Award for Excellence and The Carolyn Reader’s Choice Award, Kel lives with her family in the mountains of North Carolina. In addition to reading and writing, she loves coffee, loud rock music, subversive humor and the smell of old books. You can find her online on Twitter, Facebook and at keloconnor.com.

3 Random Facts about Kel:

* She will buy almost anything if it is a hot pink color

* She watches any and every show/movie about crime-fighting, spies, detective work or secret agents

* She and her husband once owned a humor store

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