Winner of the Grand Prize for Fiction in the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for her novel Still Waters, Sara Warner is a third-generation Floridian and environmentalist. At various times in her life she has taught literature at Florida State University, bred and trained champion horses, and worked as a musician. She has a Ph.D. in History, Theory, and Culture from Emory University. She makes her home in the wilds of the Florida panhandle with her husband, several horses, dogs, cats, and assorted wildlife friends. She is the author of Down to the Waterline: Nature, Boundaries, and the Law in Florida, as well as her novel, Still Waters.