Melanie Dobson is the award-winning author of more than fifteen historical romance, suspense, and time-slip novels, including Chateau of Secrets and Catching the Wind. Three of her novels have won Carol Awards, and Love Finds You in Liberty, Indiana won Best Novel of Indiana in 2010. She loves exploring cemeteries and ghost towns, hiking in the mountains, and playing board games with her family. She lives with her husband and two daughters near Portland, Oregon.