Suzi Parker is an award-winning journalist, author, and lifelong Southerner based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her writing often focuses on the intersection of politics, culture, and sex. Before Donald Trump’s election, she frequently covered the Clintons and their scandals. Her reporting has appeared in such diverse publications as ＂The Economist＂, ＂The Washington Post＂, ＂Penthouse＂, ＂The Christian Science Monitor＂, ＂The Daily Beast＂, ＂The New York Times Magazine＂, ＂Town & Country＂, ＂Salon＂, and many other national, international, and online publications. Her essays have also been published in myriad anthologies. She is the author of two non-fiction books, ＂Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt＂ and ＂1000 Best Bartender’s Recipes＂, and a thriller series, ＂Echo Ellis: Adventures of a Girl Reporter＂, about a kickass reporter always on the hunt for the next big scoop. She also writes erotica including the novella series ＂Violet Clementine.＂ Obsessed with music, Suzi is a lifelong Duran Duran fan and a keen lover of 80s punk and new wave. Coffee and sweet tea fuels her writing, and known as Vampire Girl to her friends, she prefers night to day. And yes, she has been known to mix a cocktail or two. After all, she is a bartending school graduate and a collector of vintage cocktail books.