KareliaStetz-Waters is contemporary lesbian romance writer. She is passionate aboutproviding happy endings and a vision of redemptive love for readers of allorientations. Her novels include For Good,Something True, The Admirer, The Purveyor,and Lambda and Goldie finalist Forgive MeIf I’ve Told You This Before. Karelia also teaches English at Linn-BentonCommunity College and believes that her 15+ years teaching English brings alevel of literary quality to the genre writing she loves. She has a BA incomparative literature from Smith College and an MA in English literature fromthe University of Oregon.