Cathy Smith lives in northern Maine within walking distance of the Canadian border writing cozy novels, poetry, taking photographs, and editing her short stories from the nineties (of which she has many). She lives in a farming area watching the wildlife -- recently foxes, weasels and wild turkey -- and the ubiquitous coyote. She has a smart-assy gray tiger-striped cat named Oscar, supports third world and other animal rescue organizations online and has owned quite a few amazing dogs and cats.
She also writes novels under two pseudonyms -- Zara Brooks-Watson and Sophia Watson (non-graphic mysteries).She attended Boston University and Harvard.