Betty Maxwell is a homemaker who resides in Upper East Tennessee with her husband and their many rescued pets. She has been publishing a monthly Christian newsletter called The Scepter since 2002, which she places in local medical centers. She has also published a collection of poems, Psalms for the Soul. She is currently working on the second volume of the Daniel James Mystery Series, The Assassin Murder Mystery. She considers it truly a gift from God to be able to write.