Jamie Newell can be found most weekends working on her novel at Aroma Café when she’s not taking photos or sitting in a movie theater. After earning her bachelor’s degree in creative writing at Columbia College Chicago, she settled in Champaign and has called it home for four years. Jamie loves to road trip, is a huge horse racing fan, and considers John Steinbeck a god. She also writes a blog about racing called Ghostsnapper.