Beth Riner retired from teaching high school English to move to Monteagle, Tennessee, where she rediscovered her passion for writing. A Tennessee Press Association award-winning feature writer for The Grundy County Herald, Beth got her first book contract with Odd Job Annie, a five-star read on Amazon with 70-plus reviews and a finalist for Chanticleer's 2025 Mystery & Mayhem Award.

 A Deadly Development, next in the humorous Southern mystery series, releases April 27, 2026. The third arrives in 2027. Beth adores smartass men, snarky friends, blackberry cobbler, and Rooster, a rambunctious and wildly affectionate Boykin Spaniel, who lives with her in a 600-square-foot cabin on the mountain named Storybook Cottage.