Emily Eileen Carter has been writing since she was seven years old, documenting the world around her, spinning yarns, and conjuring up creative characters for fiction. Her writing has a strong sense of place and equally complex characters conjured from her upbringing in North Carolina. In addition to fiction, she writes web content, news stories, poems, and essays. Writing is a sacred spiritual practice and passion that inspires her each day. (Bio and photo from Craigardan)

Excerpt from Until My Heart Comes Clean