About the Author

Erin Bartels has been a publishing professional for seventeen years, most of that time as a copywriter. She is also a freelance writer, editor, and book coach, and a member of Capital City Writers and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. When she’s not writing, she can be found wandering through the woods with her camera, painting landscapes in both watercolor and oil, or reading with a semi-spastic Chihuahua mix on her lap.

Erin lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her husband, Zachary, and their son, Calvin. We Hope for Better Things is her first novel.