Caroline Cleveland, author of When Cicadas Cry, cannot resist a character with a dark secret. When Cicadas Cry is about a high-profile murder case in a small South Carolina town rife with racial tension. It was described by bestselling novelist, Hank Phillippi Ryan, as “John Grisham meets Harper Lee.”

For her writing, Caroline draws on her Southern perspective and her rich and varied life experience working in the law. She is the founding member of the law firm Cleveland & Conley, LLC, where she represents private and public employers, including law enforcement. She lives in Charleston with her husband, David.