April Tompkins* always made up stories, but as a kid the stories mostly resided inside her head. She spent her early life on a farm in Minnesota with no siblings close in age, so she hiked along country roads and “imagined”. At age eleven, her family moved to the prairies of North Dakota and she put her stories aside and turned to music. She now lives in Minnesota with her husband and her cat Sasha. She is the mother of two strong men. April is an accomplished songwriter and singer, whose band’s independent music has garnered thousands of plays on Spotify and is featured in music libraries. She is also the creator and editor of a digital music magazine and has been a music blogger since 2006. April specializes in contemporary and women's fiction, both novels and novellas. To date, she has eleven published works, the most popular being the novella, Lies and Love. Once she began writing fiction, she quickly determined that self-publishing simply felt right. She designs her own book covers and does all her own book promotion, among other authorly things. In her writing universe, April’s characters are not as uncomplicated as they seem. Everyone has a story, but it may take some coaxing to get them to tell it. *April Tompkins is a pen name. All other details are true.
