Award-winning author Bill Percy writes vivid, engaging tales of people confronting painful and challenging mysteries. His novels in the Monastery Valley series, Climbing the Coliseum, Nobody's Safe Here, and The Bishop Burned the Lady were Finalists or Distinguished Favorites in multiple book award competitions. The Monastery Valley series tells the stories of life, love, mysteries, and crimes in a small-town community in fictional Monastery Valley, Montana. Bill lives with his wife, Michele, in Hope, Idaho.