VR Barkowski is a native Californian who pens dark fiction from Boston's North Shore. A graduate of UC Berkeley and recovering sociologist, she is a voracious reader, an avid if not intrepid traveller, a lover of animals, music, museums, glass, pottery, graveyards, and water—not necessarily in that order. Her debut novel, A TWIST OF HATE, was published in June 2015 by Gale-Cengage Learning/Five Star. BLOG: http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com