Catharine Morreale lives and writes in her hometown of Santa Barbara, California. A graduate of UCLA with an MBA from Drake University, Morreale is a former business banker, adjunct college instructor, and nonprofit executive turned writer. She is the author of BENEATH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, a gothic thriller to be published by Penguin/Dutton under the pseudonym, Cath Carson, in the summer of '27, and WHAT SHE GAVE AWAY and WHAT SHE NEVER SAID published by Thomas and Mercer under the pseudonym, Catharine Riggs.