Misty Massey is the author of the Mad Kestrel series of rollicking fantasy adventures on the high seas, including Kestrel's Dance, winner of the 2023 Palmetto Scribe Award For Best Novel, and the upcoming Dead Man series. She is the associate publisher of Mocha Memoirs Press, freelances as a copy and developmental editor for Falstaff Books and Gold Dust Publishing, and serves as the programming director for the SAGA Writing Conference.