Lori RobbinsBrooklyn-born Lori Robbins began dancing at age 16 and launched her professional career three years later. She studied modern dance at the Martha Graham School and ballet at the New York Conservatory of Dance. Robbins performed with a number of moder and ballet companies, including Ballet Hispanico, the Des Moines Ballet, and the St. Louis Concert Ballet. After ten very lean years as a dancer she attended Hunter College, graduating summa cum laude with a major in British Literature and a minor in Classics. Her first On Pointe Mystery, Murder in First Position, won first place in the Indie Book Awards for Best Mystery, was a finalist for a Silver Falchion, and is on the short list for a Mystery and Mayhem Book Award. Her debut novel, Lesson Plan for Murder, won the Silver Falchion Award and was a finalist in the Readers' Choice and Indie Book Awards. It will be re-released by Level Best Books in June, 2022. Short stories include "Accidents Happen" in the anthology Murder Most Diabolical and "Leading Ladies" in Justice for All. She is an expert in the homicidal impulses everyday life inspires. Read More Read Less