Yvonne Osborne lives with her husband on the fifth-generation family farm in the Thumb of Michigan founded by her great-great-grandfather. Under the guidance of a Shakespeare-loving grandmother, she grew up steeped in story, then attended Northwood University, where her love of writing took root. A Pushcart-nominated poet and novelist, her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, most recently in the Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Flapper Press, and Milkhouse Literary Magazine. Her debut novel, LET EVENING COME, was published by Unsolicited Press on April 2, 2024, and BLACK RIVER, her rural noir literary thriller, will be published on July 28, 2026.