K. Stephens is a Maine arts and entertainment writer who has written about schooners, food and wine, regional artists and the creative economy. Her work on this novel spanned eight years with multiple lobstermen consulting on it, including Maine ethnographer James Acheson, author of "The Lobster Gangs of Maine" The Ghost Trap is her debut novel and has won three awards, including a finalist category in literary fiction from USA Book News National’s "Best Books 2009" Awards.