Rita Cameron is the author of two novels, The House Party (William Morrow) and Ophelia’s Muse (Kensington Books). She is currently pursuing her MFA in Fiction at San Jose State University, where she was a 2022-23 Graduate Steinbeck Fellow. She grew up in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA, and now lives in San Jose, California, with her family. She enjoys hiking, cooking, traveling, reading, and throwing overly-ambitious theme parties.