Joanne McLaughlinJoanne McLaughlin began telling stories in second grade, creating superhero fan fiction in the Philadelphia rowhouse where she grew up. Since then, Joanne has worked in public media and at newspapers in Philadelphia, upstate New York, and northeaster Ohio, involved in award-winning coverage of topics ranging from politics and public health to fashion and financial markets, as well as Pulitzer Prize-finalist architecture criticism and a Peabody Award-nominated podcast. For several years, she also served as vice president of a firm that managed and booked blues musicians.Her novels include Chasing Ashes, a crime thriller, and Never Before Noon, Never Until Now, and Never More Human, a darkly romantic vampire trilogy. Her latest short fiction appears in Ruth and Ann's Guide to Time Travel, Volume 1; the short stories Peppina's Sweetheart and Grass and Granite are available as ebooks on Amazon. Joanne lives in Philadelphia, where she indulges her love of design and walking from a yet another rowhouse, this one on the other side of the city. joannemclaughlin.net Read More Read Less