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After flunking out at teaching high school English, the author worked as a reporter, photographer, editor, and ersatz movie reviewer at her local paper for a decade.

She is a graduate of Christian Brothers University and The University of Memphis.

A native of the Arkansas Delta, she lives with her husband and two children and their beloved rescue dog.

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Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)

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