Lexi Smail spent over five years as a developmental editor at a New York City publishing house. Her projects have been RITA finalists, national bestsellers, and have received critical acclaim from Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, NPR, USA Today, The Oprah Magazine, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Apple Books, and The Amazon Book Review.

When she’s not editing romance or women’s fiction, you can usually find her reading romance or women’s fiction, on a road trip to somewhere warm(er), or playing with her puppy, Sunny.