Rita Woods was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BS in Microbiology from Purdue University before graduating from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her training at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and runs the medical unit for a men’s maximum security prison.

Rita Woods has served as a member for American Writer’s Program (AWP) and as a mentor for Cinnamon Girls, an organization dedicated to encouraging creative writing in high school girls of color.

Rita lives in suburban Chicago with her family, where she also serves as Trustee on her local library board.

She loves magic, books, history, coffee and travel (favorite places to visit are cemeteries), not necessarily in that order.

Dr.  Rita Woods is the author of the award-winning novel Remembrance andThe Last Dreamwalker. Her latest novel, The Edge of Yesterday was published in April 2025.

Learn more about Rita on her website.