J.B. Cheaney was born sometime in the last century in Dallas, Texas. She did not want to be a writer—all the years she was growing up, her ambitions belonged to the theater. But since a life onstage didn’t pan out, building a stage in her head, where she gets to play all the parts, has been a pretty good substitute. She’s the author of two theater-related novels (The Playmaker and The True Prince), as well as My Friend the Enemy and The Middle of Somewhere. She resides in the Ozarks of Missouri with her husband and no dogs or cats.