Michelle Lowery Combs (1977) is an award-winning writer and book blogger living in rural Alabama with her husband, one cat and too many children to count. She is the author of the YA novel Heir to the Lamp, first in the Genie Chronicles series from World Weaver Press, and a member of both the Alabama Writers' Conclave and Alabama Writers' Forum. She is currently working on Solomon's Bell, sequel to Heir to the Lamp, and Daddy's Girl, a coming-of-age story set in 1960's Alabama. When not engrossed in her writing projects, Michelle can be found among throngs of toddlers, tweens and teens, coaching youth soccer for her local Parks & Recreation.