Carolyn Hart is the author of more than 50 mysteries, including the Death on Demand mysteries and the Bailey Ruth Raeburn mysteries. Hart's books have won Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She has been honored at Malice Domestic as Guest of Honor and as winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. At Malice Domestic XXV in April 2013, she received Malice's Amelia Peabody Award in recognition of contributions to the traditional mystery. Letter From Home, a stand-alone WWII novel set in Oklahoma, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers.