Neva Bryan was born in Kentucky and raised in Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia and earned her Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Neva has received more than 15 writing prizes, including a James Still Award for Poetry. Her poems and short fiction are published in literary journals throughout the South. Her latest poetry publication will be a piece in the book We All Live Downstream, an anthology to be published by Motes Books of Louisville.

St. Peter’s Monsters, an Appalachian tale of romantic suspense, is her debut novel.