Roy Hiller lives in Nashville, TN with his wife, Charlene, and they have 2 grown children. After working as a procurement professional for over 30 years, he retired and began a career as a professional genealogist in May of 2018. He started writing stories in the early 2000s, but did not seek to publish until his award-winning debut novel, A Walk in the Dark, the first book in the Cat Williamson series, was published in April, 2025. Glimmers of Light,  the second book in the series, is scheduled to publish in September 2026.

Roy is a member of the Sisters in Crime Middle Tennessee and the Mid-south chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). He is currently working on a number of projects including: a series of children’s chapter books with a focus on STEMM, a holiday picture book, and a new sci-fi disaster thriller set in 2058 entitled, Critical Mass.