C L TolbertC.L. Tolbert grew up on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, a culturally rich, beachy stretch of land with moss covered oaks and unforgettable sunsets. Early in her career, she earned a Masters of Special Education and taught for ten years before enteringlaw school at the University of Mississippi. Licensed in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia, C.L. practiced law for thirty-five years, concentrating on insurance defense, and corporate litigation. She also had the unique opportunity to teach at Loyola Law School in New Orleans where she was the Director of the Homeless Law Clinic, and learned, firsthand, about poverty in that city. The experiences and impressions from the past forty years contribute to the stories she writes today. After winning the Georgia State Bar Association's fiction writing contest, C.L. developed the winning short story into the first novel of the Thornton Mystery Series, Out From Silence, featuring the Emma Thornton. In 2021 C.L. published a follow up novel, The Redemption, a mystery set in New Orleans, which Kirkus Reviews called an "engaging and unpredictable whodunit." C.L.'s love of New Orleans and murder mysteries continues in Sanctuary, the third book in the Thornton Mystery series. C.L. lives in Atlanta with her husband and schnauzer, Yoda. She has two children and three grandchildren. Read More Read Less