False Mermaid

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erin Hart is a Minnesota theater critic and former administrator at the Minnesota State Arts Board. A lifelong interest in Irish traditional music led her to cofound Minnesota’s Irish Music and Dance Association. A theater major from St. Olaf College, she has an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She and her husband, musician Paddy O’Brien, live in Saint Paul and frequently visit Ireland. Erin Hart was nominated for Agatha and Anthony awards for her debut novel Haunted Ground, which won the Friends of American Writers Award in 2004. Her second novel, Lake of Sorrows, was a 2004 Minnesota Book Award finalist. Visit her website at www.erinhart.com.