I wrote my first novel on a crazy dare and found my passion. After 25 years as a traditionally published author with a USA Today bestseller to my name, I went indie and am now a best selling Amazon thriller author. The Witness Series has been on the top 100 list at both political and legal thrillers for over three years. Before becoming a fulltime writer, I earned my MBA and worked in advertising. I'm an avid reader, a quilter, a seamstress and a tennis player. I'm long married - 38 years - and the mother of two creative sons. I travel constantly and the exotic places I visit are often inspiration for my books.

THE WITNESS SERIES, Josie Bates thrillers: Hostile Witness, Silent Witness, Privileged Witness, Expert Witness, Eyewitness, Forgotten Witness, Dark Witness.Before Her Eyes, Beyond Malice, Character Witness, The Mentor, Keeping Counsel (USA Today top seller),The Finn O'Brien Series (police procedural) includes Severed Relations and Foreign Relations

Seasons, Dreams, Wilde's Gamble, The Reckless Ones, Vanities, Rainbow's End, The Matthias Ring, Bed & Board, In Passion's Defense, A Delicate Matter,In Passion's Defense

Speaker. Credits include instructor at UCLA Writers program, philanthropic and women's groups. Writer's conferences. Bar associations. Judge's conferences.