Born in the small town of Marianna, Florida, J.A. Stone left home for college at Auburn University. After completing her degree, she moved to Atlanta, where she took a job as a technical writer for an insurance trade association. Although she’d always loved dreaming up stories as a child, it wasn’t until she turned fifty that Stone began writing Life Unexpected, her debut novel and her first book published by Lake Union. J.A. currently resides in Augusta, Georgia.