Rosemary Simpson is the author of two previous historical novels, The Seven Hills of Paradise and Dreams and Shadows, and the previous Gilded Age Mystery novels, What the Dead Leave Behind and Lies That Comfort and Betray. Her third in the series, Let The Dead Keep Their Secrets, is now out from Kensington Books. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Historical Novel Society. Educated in France and the United States, she now lives near Tucson, Arizona.