B Elizabeth Bell lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Jeffrey, their cats Artemis and Tansy and spirit cat, Basil. Her first novel naturally combines her lifelong fascination with ghosts and love for the epistolary. Religion captivates her: the rituals, the communities, the questions. B loves cooking, eating, playing Dungeons & Dragons, podcast acting, and collecting rocks from any location, but especially the Oregon Coast or the mountains and deserts of Arizona. She shares a weekly writing practice with her generative group, the Fly-by-Nights, is a short-story contributor in the Truck Wine anthology. Find her find poetry and other musings online at Cat Over Clock.

Painting volcanoes
