Amelia Cotter is an author, researcher, and storyteller with a special interest in the supernatural, history, and folklore. Amelia lives and writes in Chicago but is originally from Maryland, where she earned a degree in German and History from Hood College. She has written on the history of Chicago and Maryland, with a focus on Chicago's hidden history, Maryland's Civil War history, and, most notably, Maryland's German World War II POW camps. Amelia has been a Chicago tour guide for more than a decade and has given haunted history tours with Chicago Hauntings ghost tours as well as private tours around the city. She regularly presents at conferences and events and is a member of The Society of Midland Authors.