D C BrodD.C. (Deb) Brod has written fiction most of her life, but didnt think she had a novel in her until after she graduated from Northern Illinois University with an MAin journalism. It was then that she decided if she could spend 120 pages discussing posal oppression of the radical press, she could write a novel. She was right. Her first novel, Murder in Store, featuring private detective Quint McCauley, appeared two years later in 1989. Four more novels in that series were followed by a contemporary Arthurian thriller, Heartstone. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and several anthologies; two of these stories received Readers Choice Awards. She lives in St. Charles, Illinois, with her husband, Donald, and their two cats, Skye and Jura, who are possibly the worlds most aww-inspiring felines. (If you dont believe that, check out her website: DCBrod.com.) When shes not writing, reading, or finding excuses not to clean the house, she enjoys watercolor painting, traveling, and watching crows.And, sadly, the Cubs. Read More Read Less