Almost Mother

Mary Stone lives among the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains of East Tennessee with her two dogs, four cats, a couple of energetic boys, and a very patient husband.

As a young girl, she would go to bed every night, wondering what type of creature might be lurking underneath. It wasn’t until she was older that she learned that the creatures she needed to most fear were human.

Today, she creates vivid stories with courageous, strong heroines and dastardly villains. She invites you to enter her world of serial killers, FBI agents but never damsels in distress. Her female characters can handle themselves, going toe-to-toe with any male character, protagonist or antagonist.

Also writes as Mira Shaw.

As the daughter of a nurse, K.S. Reid grew up surrounded by graphic medical journals and surgical textbooks. Her love for blood and guts developed at an early age and led to a career in sports medicine.

After "retiring" and spending over a decade raising a family, she turned to her love of thriller novels and is now enjoying its creative outlet for her sick and twisted mind.

She currently resides in Maryland where she loves to epically wipe-out in the Atlantic Ocean, run her dog in the Catoctin Mountains, and encounter the occasional rude person that she'll murder in her next book.