{"id":573,"date":"2023-02-05T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mlstoughton.com\/mls\/?page_id=573"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:29:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mlstoughton.com\/mls\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"573\" class=\"elementor elementor-573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b10cc12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b10cc12\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-420f24f\" data-id=\"420f24f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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STOUGHTON has been a wedding DJ, balloon-toting clown, travel agent, and dental assistant. Married with two grown daughters, a super spoiled pup, and three kitty overlords, she lives in upstate New York and loves all things paranormal \u2013 especially when there\u2019s kissing.<\/p><p>M.L. is a hybrid author with seven titles. Her first novel, Pleasantwick, won a gold medal in the 2017 Readers\u2019 Favorite Awards and was chosen as the \u201cOfficial Selection\u201d for Young Adult Fantasy in the 2017 New Apple Summer E-book Awards.<\/p><p>Publishing as MICHELE LINDSEY, her first release, Yetta\u2019s Yearning, remained in Amazon\u2019s top #100 for American Historical Romance for five months, launching her \u201cSunsets and Saddles\u201d series. She is a member of RWA (Romance Writers of America) and its local chapter, STAR (Southern Tier Authors of Romance). 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