J.R. Alcyone writes historical and literary fiction for readers who enjoy character-driven fiction. She is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, where she majored in history and philosophy and minored in literature and political science, and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she was managing editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. A practicing attorney in the area of warranty and consumer rights law, Jen lives a short distance from Lake Erie in northeastern Ohio. When she is not writing or taking pictures, she enjoys studying the American Civil War and running. Visit her website at jralcyone.com.