Marcy McCreary is the author ofThe Murder of Madison GarciaandThe Disappearance of Trudy Solomon, which was a finalist for a Silver Falchion Award for Best Investigator Mystery. Her essays about crime fiction have appeared inMystery & Suspense,Criminal Element,Women Writers/Women's Books, andMystery Readers Journal. She graduated from The George Washington University with a B.A. in American literature and political science and pursued a career in marketing and communications. She lives in Hull, MA with her husband, Lew.