Nedra M. Cobb is an author and the founder of Stoneywood Publishing, an independent publishing company based in Kentucky. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is a Navy veteran with a long-standing professional career in financial services. As an empty nester, she turned her lifelong passion for storytelling into an independent publishing venture. Stoneywood Publishing is building a home for authors to create imaginative stories and memorable worlds for middle-grade and young adult readers—and helping those books find their audience.