Novelist. Witty after two glasses of wine. Likes tame horses and small sports cars. Lynn Hightower grew up in the south, and graduated from the University of Kentucky, where she studied creative writing with Wendell Berry and earned a degree in Journalism. Her books have been included in the New York Times List of Notable Books, the London Times Bestseller List, and the W.H. Smith Fresh Talent Awards. She has received the Shamus Award, and her books have been published in numerous foreign countries, including Great Britain, Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Israel and The Netherlands.Hightower teaches in the Creative Writer's Program at UCLA Extension, and was named Creative Writing Instructor of the year in 2012.She has studied French and Italian, but is only fluent in Southern. She is married to The Frenchman, writes full time, and shares an office with her Belgian Shepherd, Leo the Lion.