Connie Hertzberg Mayo grew up in Westchester County, NY, but came to Massachusetts to get a Literature degree from Tufts University and never ended up leaving. Her first book, The Island of Worthy Boys, was published in 2015 by She Writes Press and won an “IPPY” – the 2016 Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Connie’s short story, “Little Breaks”, was published by Calyx Journal in 2017.

Her latest novel, The Sharp Edge of Mercy, was published by Heliotrope Books in May 2022.

Connie works as a Systems Analyst and empty-nests with her husband and two feuding cats.