About the Author

Maryann Ridini Spencer writes themes of Aloha, penning award-winning novels and writing andproducing critically acclaimed projects for film and television. She began her career as aproducer/writer for Cable News Network. Later, she was appointed director of publicity for MissUniverse, Inc. She also served as senior vice president of Stephen J. Cannell Productions/TheCannell Studios before founding Ridini Entertainment Corporation. As company president of theaward-winning PR, marketing, multimedia-content-creation, and TV-and-film-productioncompany, she is committed to creating, writing, producing, and promoting content that entertains, inspires, educates, and uplifts. Maryann is also a founding partner of the Rancho Mirage-basedMPowerMedia (https: //mpowermedia.com).A member of the Writers Guild of America West and Producers Guild of America, Maryann has produced numerous movies and series for television. Her projects have appeared onShowtime, SyFy, TMC, USA Networks, CBS-TV, Time Warner Cable, and in the foreigntheatrical market. In addition, she is celebrated for co-producing/writing the teleplay for theHallmark Hall of Fame movie The Lost Valentine. Based on the James Michael Pratt novel, themovie stars Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Over fifteen million viewers tuned in to watchthe film, which won CBS-TV the night in ratings. The film, winner of the Faith and FreedomMovieguide Award, has since become part of Hallmark's Gold Crown (DVD) Collector's Edition, and the film can also be live-streamed on Hallmark's movie channels.Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the Telly Award-winning healthyliving cooking series, cookbooks, and blog Simply Delicious Living with Maryann. The series isbroadcast on PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, DishTV, and to a globalaudience on Maryann's SimplyDeliciousLiving.com blog: https: //maryannridinispencer.com/simplydeliciousliving/And at Maryann's YouTube Channel: https: //www.youtube.com/MaryannRidiniSpencer.Maryann has worked as a freelance writer and contributing editor for such publications asPalm Springs Life Magazine, Desert Magazine, Ventura County Star, and Los Angeles Magazine.Author of the Simply Delicious Living with Maryann(R)-Entrée cookbook (Santa Rosa Press,2019), and the Kate Grace novels, Lady in the Window (2017/2019) 2017 Best Book Awards: Fiction: Romance winner, 2018 American Fiction Visionary Award winner, and 2019 Hawai'iBook Publishers Association Ka Palapala Po'okela Awards-Aloha From Across the Sea AwardFinalist; The Paradise Table, 2019, an Amazon bestseller; Secrets of Grace Manor (2021) 2021Best Book Finalist; and her latest, Under the Tropical Skies (2022). Maryann is working on newKate Grace novels and other fiction, cookbooks, and screenplays.Visit Maryann at: https: //www.MaryannRidiniSpencer.com