About the Author: Deborah Crombie was born and educated in Texas. After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid / Sergeant Gemma James novel. A Share in Death [Scribner, 1993], was subsequently given Agatha and Macavity nominations for Best First Novel of 1993. Her fifth novel, Dreaming of the Bones [Scribner, 1997] was given a Edgar award nomination by Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel in 1997. It was a New York Times Book of the Year, and was chosen by the Independent Mystery Booksellers of America as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century.

Awards: Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1997) : Dreaming of the Bones
Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (1998) : Dreaming of the Bones
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : Dreaming of the Bones
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (2008) : Water Like a Stone
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (2009) : Where Memories Lie