ABOUT S.L. Woeppel:

S.L.Woeppel is the award-winning author of The BUTCHER and The LIAR, a finalist for the 2026 Kirkus Indie Award, finalist for the 2026 Silver Falchion Award, and 2026 Nebraska Book Award winner. Her first novel, Flipping the Birdie was a 2025 Booklife Prize finalist and Editor’s Pick.

Woeppel writes across genres, but her stories always explore love, secrets, and the duality of human nature.

Born and raised in Nebraska, Woeppel gets antsy living in one place too long. Currently residing in Minnesota, she has five great loves—her family, writing, reading, travel, and municipal bonds. She’s watched the entirety of the television series ER three times and she has an embarrassingly large collection of those tacky souvenir spoons (like, more than two hundred). She can’t help it; she keeps buying them wherever she goes. Drop her a line if you have a great idea about what to do with them.