Daryl Wood Gerber is the Agatha Award–winning, nationally bestselling author of the Fairy Garden Mysteries, the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, and the French Bistro Mysteries, as well as the Cheese Shop Mysteries written under the name Avery Aames. She also writes standalone suspense novels and the Aspen Adams Novels of Suspense. Prior to her career as a novelist, she was an actress with roles in television shows including Murder, She Wrote. She also created the format for the popular TV sitcom Out of This World. Originally from the Bay Area, she now lives in Southern California where she likes to cook, garden,, and spend time with her frisky Goldendoodle named Sparky. Visit her online at DarylWoodGerber.com.