Denise Swanson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Scumble River mystery series, including Murder of a Stacked Librarian, Murder of the Cat's Meow, and Murder of a Creped Suzette, and the Devereaux’s Dime Store mystery series, including Dead Between the Lines, Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death, and Little Shop of Homicide. She worked as a school psychologist for twenty-two years before quitting to write full-time. She lives in Illinois with her husband, classical composer David Stybr, and their cool black cat, Boomerang.