Award-winning author Sharon Niederman has written and edited six previous books about the Santa Fe and Taos region and beyond, including her debut novel Return to Abo and Hellish Relish: Sizzling Salsas and Devilish Dips from the Kitchens of New Mexico. She contributes to such widely circulated regional publications as Sunset, New Mexico Magazine, The Santa Fe New Mexican, and Su Casa. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.