Baxter Clare Trautman

Baxter Clare Trautman earned a master's degree in biology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and promptly turned her hand to writing. A practicing wildlife biologist, she lives in central California with her wife, dogs, cats, and chickens. Trautman is bet known for her Lambda Literary nominated mystery series featuring homicide detective L.A. Franco. Her works occur in rough places--South Central L.A., California's Big Sur mountains, and the trampled terrain of the human heart.