L.A. Barnitz has bachelors' degrees in journalism and humanities from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master's degree in international affairs from American University in Washington, DC. After spending many good years working in communications, raising her children, and exploring the world, she has returned to her lifelong passion of writing fiction and tending living things-splitting her time between Maryland, Missouri and India. She founded Little Hawk Books LLC to help other independent writers bring their stories to readers. The Stonebound Heir is her first published novel. What's next? In The Cursed Cycles Book 2, Lingli pays a price for home and hearth, and the subjects of Saatkulom fight for their survival as growing planetary disturbances unravel alliances and open the gates to the otherworld. Keep up with L.A. Barnitz's books and stories and sign up for her occasional newsletter at laurabarnitz.com.