Cathy Lubenski spent over 25 years in the newspaper industry and has plenty of scars from dueling with pesky editors to show for it. She survived with her sanity relatively intact and has continued writing for pleasure. This is her first book featuring reporter Bertie Mallowan, but not her last. She lives with her husband, Phil Phillips, and her more-or-less Jack Russell terrier, Pica, in Carlsbad, California.