Joy Lynn Goddard and her husband Daniel Pike write adult fiction that blends mystery, romance, and suspense. Their first novel, Moonshadow, won a Book Excellence Award, a Reader Ready Award (Recommended Read), and a Canada Book Award. Their second, The Keepers, also won a Canada Book Award. Besides novels, they wrote Buyers, Liars, Sellers, and Yellers, a collection of humorous short stories about the real estate industry. 

Joy is well known for her young adult and junior fiction, with her books in schools and libraries across Canada; she also wrote Write Right, a step-by-step guide to writing a novel. She and Dan live in Belleville, Ontario, where they are writing screenplays based on their novels. A Good Mother is their first.

Learn more about them by visiting joygoddard.com.