Suzanne F. Kingsmill is the author of the Cordi O Callaghan mystery series, four non-fiction books, including Vanishing Wildlife: Endangered Species of the World, and numerous magazine articles. A zoologist and a seasoned mystery writer, she is no stranger to mortal peril, having personally been treed by wild coyotes, drowned and resuscitated, and stalked by both a shark in the open ocean and a lion on the savannah. She lives dangerously in Toronto.