Carolyn Haines is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series, as well as a variety of other mystery and crime novels, such as the Pluto's Snitch paranormal-historical mystery series and the Familiar Legacy romantic suspense series featuring Trouble the black cat detective. The Harper Lee Prize for Outstanding Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and the Mississippi Writers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award have all been bestowed upon her. She lives on a farm with rescue cats, dogs, and horses and has worked as a journalist, bartender, photographer, farmhand, and college professor.