Charlotte StuartCharlotte Stuart PhD left a tenured faculty position to go commercial fishing in Alaska, spent a year sailing "around the world" in the Washington and Canadian San Juans, became a partner in a management consulting group and later a VP of HR and Traiing. Her current passion is for writing character-driven mysteries with twisty plots. Most include at least a dollop of humor, but she describes her "In$urance" series as "Murder with a Laugh Track." In$ured to the Hilt, the first in this series, won a Global Book Award Gold, A Reader Views Silver, and was a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Top Pick in Comedy. In$urance to Die For was a finalist in the Global Book Awards and the Chanticleer International Mystery & Mayhem competition. It also took 3rd place in the Book Fest Awards. Charlotte lives on Vashon Island in the Pacific Northwest and is the past president of the Puget Sound Sisters in Crime and a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers. Read More Read Less