L.A. Chandlar is the award-winning author of the ART DECO MYSTERY SERIES. She’s been nominated for the Agatha, Lefty, Macavity, and Anthony Awards, and winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe. She’s been living and writing in New York City for over 20 years and has been speaking for a wide variety of audiences, including a women’s group with the United Nations. Laurie has also worked in PR for General Motors, is the mother of two sons, and has toured the nation managing a rock band. She is a fierce advocate for women’s rights. She loves coffee and wine, hates thwarted love and raisins.