Amy Hill Hearth is the author of Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society and Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County, as well as seven nonfiction works, including the New York Times bestseller-turned-Broadway drama Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. Hearth, a former New York Times reporter, began her career as a reporter for a tiny daily newspaper in Florida, where she met her future husband, Blair (a resident of Collier County). She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Tampa.