From Amazon.com:
Jane Shoup is a native of Southern Indiana and a 20-year resident of North Carolina. Her novel, Pedestals, won the Eppie Award for best action thriller in 2006. Currently, her day job is in real estate, although she writes every moment she possibly can. Shoup says writing is like slipping into another world -- which is precisely what she aims to do for her readers. She is the mother of three young adult daughters.