Leslie O'Kane is the author of 19 published mysteries and thrillers. She is the mother of a son and a daughter. Leslie and her husband have lived in the same home in Boulder, Colorado, for many years. She considers the time when she was taken hostage in a robbery the start of her life in crime, but writing about crime is much more fun than being victimized by it. When the robber jabbed her with the rifle to make her stop laughing, she learned that a sense of humor can be dangerous. (She was the head waitress in a bar where the robber was drinking, but he argued with her when she told him he'd missed last call. He left and came back with the weapon; Leslie's first thought had been: Wow. This guy is taking missing last call WAY too seriously!)