Sue Ann Connaughton draws inspiration for her stories from the diverse regions of New England: dense urban areas, mid-century suburbs, seaside communities, and post-industrial cities and towns in the process of reinventing their economies. A Massachusetts native, she resides in a converted mill building in the Berkshires. Ms. Connaughton is the author of the novels Halloween Is Deadly, A Bold Murder, Dead before Christmas and The Unraveling of Mrs. Noland and a chapbook of flash fiction, Fistfighting Etiquette for Girls and Other Stories.