Misty Urban writes misbehaving women who find their way across the genres of historical and contemporary romance, contemporary fantasy, and award-winning short fiction. Her debut short story collection won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award and her debut novel, a bodyswap thriller, was a BookFest Award winner and a 5-star Reader's Favorite. She holds a Ph.D. in medieval literature, and her dissertation on monstrous women in medieval romance won the D. Simon Evans Award. Her creative nonfiction has been nominated for several Best of the Net awards. More about her published and forthcoming work can be found at her website, mistyurban.com.