Darien Gee is the author of the novels The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society and Friendship Bread. She has also published novels under the pen name Mia King, including Good Things and Table Manners. Her short stories have been anthologized, and she also writes an occasional column, From the Writer's Corner, for her local newspaper. Darien lives in upcountry Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii with her husband and three children.