Maris Soule

Maris Soule (born June 19, 1939) is an American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, mysteries, and short stories. Her latest book, Eat Crow and Die, is a mystery novel. Her books feature a variety of settings and situations, including the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Search and Rescue dogs, barrel racing, dressage, and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy.

Biography
Maris Soule was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from U.C. Davis with a B.A. After receiving a Lifetime Teaching Credential from U.C. Berkeley, she taught art and math at Rio Americano High School, Carmichael, California, La Cumbre Junior High School, Santa Barbara, California, and Galesburg-Augusta High School, Galesburg, Michigan. She married in 1968, and she and her husband moved to Michigan in 1970.

Recognition and awards
Several of her books have been finalists or winners of awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Wisconsin Romance Writers of America.
 * Finalist for RWA's 1988 RITA Award (known then as the Golden Medallion Award) for A Winning Combination
 * First Place, Short Contemporary, WisRWA Write Touch: Readers' Choice Award
 * First Place, Traditional Category, WisRWA Write Touch: Readers' Choice Award for Substitute Mom
 * Second Place, 1998 Kiss of Death contest for Shelter from the Storm
 * Finalist for 1999 RITA Award and 3rd in Kiss of Death contest for Chase the Dream
 * Winner of 2017 Mystery/Thriller division of the Florida Writers Associations Royal Palm Literary Award for "Echoes of Terror."