Vicki Hendricks is the author of noir novels Miami Purity, Iguana Love, Voluntary Madness, Sky Blues, and Edgar Award Finalist Cruel Poetry. Next, Fur People falls into the little-known category of animal-hoarder noir. Her most outrageous and unnatural short stories are collected in Florida Gothic Stories.

Retired from teaching, she now lives in the boonies of central Florida. After years of scuba, sailing, skydiving, and other research, she gets her adrenaline rushes mostly by trapping cats for TNR.