ABOUT S.L. Woeppel:

Woeppel is the author of The Butcher and The Liar,

• finalist for the 2026 Kirkus Indie Award - Thriller/Mystery category,

• finalist for the 2026 Silver Falchion Award - Thriller category,

• finalist for the 2026 Silver Falchion Award - Commercial/Mainstream category,

• and a recipient of a Kirkus Starred Review and included in Kirkus’ Best Books of 2025.

Woeppel is the author of Flipping the Birdie,

• finalist for the 2024 BookLife Fiction Prize and Editor’s Pick.

Born and raised in Nebraska, Woeppel gets antsy living in one place too long. Currently residing in Minnesota, she has five great loves—her family, writing, reading, travel, and municipal bonds. She’s watched the entirety of the television series ER three times and she has an embarrassingly large collection of those tacky souvenir spoons (like, more than two hundred). She can’t help it; she keeps buying them wherever she goes. Drop her a line if you have a great idea about what to do with them.