Jenni Wiltz is an award-winning writer who works in multiple genres, including historical fiction, thriller, mystery, and romantic suspense. Her short stories have appeared in The Portland Review, the Sacramento News & Review, and Gargoyle. In 2011, she won the RWA Kiss of Death Chapter's prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Category Romantic Suspense, unpublished division. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from California State University, Sacramento, where she won three Bazzanella Literary Awards in fiction and critical analysis. When she's not writing, she enjoys serving burned baked goods to a tolerant husband, mixing overpowering cocktails, blogging, and doing genealogical research. She lives in Pilot Hill, California.