Diane C. McPhail is an artist, minister, and acclaimed author of The French Innkeeper's Daughter, Follow the Stars Home, The Abolitionist's Daughter, and The Seamstress of New Orleans, which was a finalist for the Thomas Wolf Fiction Award and the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award. A graduate of Ole Miss, Duke Writers, University of Iowa Distance, and the Yale Writers' Conference, she is a member of NC Writers Network and the Historical Novel Society. She was born and raised in Jackson, MS, previously lived in France and New Orleans, now resides in Highlands, North Carolina with her husband and dog. She can be found online at DianeMcPhailAuthor.com.