Janet Nichols Lynch is the author of twelve books, including Wheel of Fire, My Beautiful Hippie, Messed Up, and Racing California. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Seven...view moreJanet Nichols Lynch is the author of twelve books, including Wheel of Fire, My Beautiful Hippie, Messed Up, and Racing California. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Seventeen, and elsewhere. She has an MA in Music and an MFA in Creative Writing. She and her husband live in Visalia, California, and they have two grown children. Lynch’s website is www.JanetNicholsLynch.com. Find her on Facebook @JanetNicholsLynch and on Twitter @JanetNicLynch.view less