Kristen Ness
Kristen Ness is a South Carolina native and Charleston-area resident who volunteers with the Island Turtle Team on Isle of Palms.
She brings unique credentials to her fiction writing, holding degrees from Duke University and the University of South Carolina School of Law.
By profession an immigration attorney, Ness describes herself as obsessed with marine biology, a passion clearly reflected in her debut novel.
Her firsthand experience with sea turtle conservation and intimate knowledge of the South Carolina low country inform her atmospheric storytelling.
She lives near the coast with her family and characterizes herself as tall, a writer, and a night owl.
