Ann is an author, happily marries and living a simple life in Canada's capital city Ottawa. She receives a letter that is somewhat confusing and because of it she finds and meets her biological father. The story weaves daily occurrences into a story that follows Ann and her friends and family . Ann is diagnosed with leukemia which brings tension to the story as her fate is a concern. Life is not longer simple and at the same time the world is facing a pandemic that complicates everything.

Living in a century-old, three-generation, farmhouse in rural Ontario, Molly hovers over her laptop downing coffee after coffee while she goes on a journey with her characters. Primarily known as a writer of short stories, When Secrets Become Lies was her first novel, published in 2015. Previously, she published a collection of short stories, Fourteen Cups; a creative memoir, Wandering Backward; and a children's book, Snow Business. Her stories appear in five Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, three OIW anthologies, NYMB, magazines and newspapers. She gives writing seminars, is often a guest speaker and sings in two choirs. In her spare time, she can be found hiking the byways in Ontario and the ranges in Arizona with her camera strung around her neck, all the while thinking where her protagonist is heading next. While She Was Gone is her second novel. An avid believer that women are limitless in the roles they choose to play, Molly places her female characters in non-traditional professions challenging the alpha male dominance factor. She also enlightens the reader about little discussed mental anxiety and depression issues. That being said, her work is about story-telling, she buries the issues in a fast-paced novel. She captures the reader right from the first page and takes them on a journey of discovery.Contact Molly at www.mollyoconnor.ca