Lesley Conner is the managing editor of Apex Publications and Apex Magazine, as well as a writer and a Girl Scout leader. Her first novel The Weight of Chainswas published by Sinister Grin Press in September, 2015. She is the co-editor, along with Jason Sizemore, of Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 and Do Not Go Quietly. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and is currently working on a new novel. To find out all her secrets, you can follow her on Twitter at @LesleyConner.