The Funeral Makers (30 page)

Author photo by Leslie Bowman

Cathie Pelletier was born and raised on the banks of the St. John River, at the end of the road in northern Maine. She is the author of eleven other novels, including
The
One-Way Bridge
,
The
Weight
of
Winter
(winner of the New England Book Award), and
Running
the
Bulls
(winner of the Paterson Prize for Fiction). As K. C. McKinnon, she has written two novels, both of which became television films. After years of living in Nashville, Tennessee; Toronto, Canada; and Eastman, Quebec, she has returned to Allagash, Maine, and the family homestead where she was born.