Connie Shelton is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen mysteries--both in the Charlie Parker series and the new Samantha Sweet series. An avid mystery reader all her life, she says it was inevitable that this would be the genre she would write. She has taught writing, is the creator of the Novel In A Weekend writing course, and was a contributor to Chicken Soup For the Writer's Soul. Visit her website at www.connieshelton.com