S.M. FREEDMAN studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and spent years working as a private investigator on the not-so-mean streets of Vancouver before returning to her first love: writing. Her debut novel, The Faithful, is an international #1 Amazon bestseller. It reached the quarterfinals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and was selected by Suspense Magazine as a “Best Debut of 2015.” The sequel, Impact Winter, was published in 2016 and also became an international Amazon bestseller. S.M. is a proud member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.