Patricia Sprinkle was born in West Virginia, but grew up in North Carolina and Florida. After graduating from Vasser College where she studied creative writing, Sprinkle spent a year writing in the Scottish Highlands. Sprinkle has written non-fiction articles for religious magazines such as Guideposts and has also written educational materials on hunger. Sprinkle enjoys reading mysteries, and since 1988, Sprinkle has written twenty mystery novels. Sprinkle and her husband live in Georgia. They have two grown children.