Patricia Smiley

Patricia Smiley earned a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington
in Seattle. She also holds an MBA with honors from Pepperdine University in
Malibu, California. Her debut novel FALSE PROFITS about amateur sleuth
Tucker Sinclair received a starred review from Booklist and was a Book Sense
recommendation. Her follow-up novel COVER YOUR ASSETS was a RomanticTimes
Top Pick. Both novels were Los Angeles Times Bestsellers. SHORT CHANGE and
COOL CACHE are the third and fourth in the series. Her short fiction has
been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Two of the Deadliest, an
anthology edited by Elizabeth George that will be released in 2009.