Mary R. Daheim is a reporter and mystery writer. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Daheim was a newspaper reporter and a public relations consultant before beginning to write. In 1983, she published her first historical romance. Daheim wrote six more books before becoming a mystery writer. In 1991, Daheim began the Bed & Breakfast series of books. She began a second series, the Alpine series, in 1992.
After serving in the Air Force as a registered nurse, Lori Avocato decided to give up nursing to write fiction. She lives in New England and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, PASIC, NINC, Romance Writers of America, the Author's Guild, and Sisters in Crime. She's raising two teenage sons (heaven help her!), and one darling dog, Spanky. Lori is the author of six novels featuring Pauline Sokol: A Dose of Murder; The Stiff and the Dead; One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest; Deep Sea Dead; Nip, Tuck, Dead; and Dead on Arrival.
Kerrelyn Sparks writes paranormal romances. Her first book, How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire, became Borders' bestselling debut romance of 2005. She is the author of the Love at Stake series.
Suzanne Macpherson was born in New Mexico and has a degree in psychology. She is married with three sons and a daughter and lives in the USA.