Catriona McPherson

Born in Scotland, Catriona McPherson (she/her) studied at the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her PhD in linguistics. She worked briefly as an academic but has been a full-time fiction writer since 2005. Catriona has written all over the mystery genre--historicals, comedies, dark psychological thrillers--and her work has won Anthony, Agatha, Lefty, and Macavity awards. Her novels have also been short-listed for Edgar and Mary Higgins Clark awards, as well as the UK Dagger. Catriona is a proud lifetime member and former national president of the Sisters in Crime writing association.In 2010, she immigrated to the US, settling in Northern California. There, she lives on twenty scruffy acres with her scientist husband and an elderly black cat. When not writing (or reading), Catriona likes to garden, cook, bake, ride her bike, do yoga, go open-water swimming, and visit the old country--especially in the summer, when California is just too hot.