Vivian Catfield is the pen name of Dr. Candace Ursula Grissom. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and holds a PhD in English from Middle Tennessee State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Sewanee: The University of the South. She writes emotionally charged novels that blend the supernatural, historical, and mysterious with unforgettable female leads. Her stories explore grief, justice, identity, and power-often with a twist of magic or myth.