Award winning author Dr. Joan Blacher, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for the past twenty years, is a former professor, author of the mystery novels Murder Canyon and Lethal Lake and co-author of Difficult Teens: A Parents Guide for Coping. Her work has been published in counseling and educational journals, and she has been a member of a counseling journal’s editorial board. In 2003, the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists honored her with the Carl Vincent Award for the publication of Difficult Teens. She has lectured and given workshops on writing, psychological and educational topics throughout the United States. In addition to her membership in the American Psychological Association, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, she serves on community boards that provide services to troubled children and families and is the former chair of her county mental health board. She and her husband live in a rural community in Southern California.

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