Vailes Shepperd

She grew up with a love of words: Words first, then stories, and inevitably books. Thank goodness for her grandmother’s library. She is happiest in her reading chair, enjoying one story with two new books waiting in the wings. Shepperd is one of the founding members of the Washington Independent Review of Books and a former senior features editor. She grew up in Washington, DC, and after moving around the world, returned home and lives there now with her husband and sons. A Good Ending for Bad Memories is her first published novel.