About the Author

As a child, Patricia Dusenbury read under the covers when her parents thought she was asleep. (She still reads into the wee hours but now uses a Kindle.) Despite sleep deprivation, she managed to get through college and a career as an economic analyst/strategic planner. Now retired, she hopes to atone for all those dry reports by writing stories that people read for pleasure. Her first book, A Perfect Victim, won the 2015 EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) award for best mystery. The sequel, Secrets, Lies & Homicide, was an EPIC finalist and a top ten finisher in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll. A House of Her Own, the third and final Claire Marshall novel, en nominated for a Rhone Award. Her work in progress, as yet untitled, is a Claymore Award finalist. You can learn more about Patricia and her writing on her web site, PatriciaDusenbury.com. Patricia lives on a very steep street in San Francisco. When she isn't reading or writing, she's hanging out with the grandkids or exploring the fabulous city that is her new home.