Cindy Baldwin is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer. She grew raised in North Carolina and misses the sweet watermelons and welcoming accents every day. She kept a book beneath her bathroom sink as a middle schooler to read again and over while straightening her hair or brushing her teeth, and she dreams of producing books that readers can't live without. She and her husband and daughter live in a house surrounded by big trees and wild blackberries in Portland, Oregon. Her debut work, Where the Watermelons Grow, was followed by Beginners Welcome. Cindy Baldwin's website is www.cindybaldwinbooks.com, where you may learn more about her.