Tess Thompson is a novelist with a BFA in Drama from the University of Southern California. Her first novel, "Riversong", became a bestselling ebook in 2012, reaching #1 on Nook and spending 35 days in Amazon's Top 100. Riverbend and Riversong, also Amazon bestsellers, continue the tale of life in fictional River Valley, Oregon. The Legley Bay Collection, named for the fictional Oregon coast town of Legley Bay, includes "Caramel and Magnolias", followed by "Tea and Primroses," released February 16, 2014. "Blue Midnight", the first in the Blue Mountain Collection, was released in August 8, 2015. "Duet for Three Hands," her first historical fiction was released in February 13, 2015. "Blue Moon", the second in the Blue Mountain Collection will be released in August 2015. Like her main characters in the River Valley Collection, Tess is from a small town in Southern Oregon. She currently lives in a suburb of Seattle, Washington with her two young daughters, Emerson and Ella, and two kittens, Midnight and Mittens, that Santa brought for Christmas. She is inspired daily by the view of the Cascade Mountains from her home office window.Tess is working on her ninth novel and regularly blogs about her journey as a mother, author and friend at www.tesswrites.com. Contact her at: tessthompsonwrites@gmail.com