Mahaley Woern is an artist, musician, writer, and avid reader. Some would call her a magical realist. She can usually be found expressing her inner world in some creative form, or immersed in the latest enthralling page-turner. After years of writing stories, a literary dream became a reality with her first publication, Love & Affliction. Her next novel, The Scroll Key, is set to be released in the Fall of 2022. It can be read as a standalone or a spin off from Love & Affliction. Mahaley is a native to Tennessee who loves history, nature and living on a homestead with her husband.