Ana K. Wrenn is a bestselling author of novels about luminous women in Southern dark academia. Before becoming a full-time writer, she spent decades as a professor and researcher.

When not writing, she’s exploring the Appalachian wilds, reading a good book, or hanging with her hoard of dogs and cats, all adopted and all spoiled.

She fancies herself a backyard forager who likes playing with her food rather than cooking it. She enjoys her whiskey neat and her merlot plum forward but is a-okay with both the cheap and fancy stuff.