A lifelong bookworm and writer, Laurinda Wallace has been writing stories since elementary school days and always has a good mystery book nearby. Life just isn't complete without books. There's nothing like a comfy chair, a cup of coffee, and all day to write or read. A native of the snowbelt in Western New York, she's a graduate of Houghton College, NY. The beautiful high desert of southeastern Arizona is where she makes her home with her husband, and large black Labrador.