Lani Diane Rich is a wife and mother living in central New York. She is the award-winning author of seven novels, the latest of which is A Little Ray of Sunshine. Run out and buy it. It’s fabulous. This fall, her eighth novel, Wish You Were Here, will be out from Grand Central Publishing.

Every week, Lani sits down with a glass of wine and produces Will Write for Wine, a podcast she co-hosts with award-winning author Samantha Graves. It’s very funny. You should totally give it a listen, especially if you’re a writer. Or if you like wine. Or if you enjoy girl time. You get the point.

She is also currently collaborating on a novel live online with best-selling authors Jennifer Crusie and Anne Stuart. It’s about three ordinary women who go to a dog obedience class and find out that they’re descended from Mesopotamian priestesses, and being called into the service of a recently-raised goddess.