Molly MacRae is an American author, based in Illinois. In the past, she was curator of the history museum in Jonesborough, Tennessee. She also managed of The Book Place, an independent bookstore in Tennessee. She writes novels, short stories, nonfiction, and plays. Her series include Margaret and Bitsy, Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery, and the Highland Bookshop Mystery. Her awards include the 2000 Sherwood Anderson Award for short fiction for More or Less, the 2001 Virginia Highlands Creative Writing Contest, first prize for novel, Wilder Rumors, the 2012 Suspense Magazine's Best of 2012 for Last Wool and Testament, and the 2013 Lovey Award for Best Paranormal for Last Wool and Testament, and the 2015 Lovey Award for Best Paranormal for Plagued by Quilt.