Deborah Sharp

Deborah Sharp, a former USA Today reporter, sets her mysteries in a little-known rodeo-and-ranches slice of her native Florida. Her books are funny, with a Southern-fried edge: Think Stephanie Plum on a porch swing with a plate of barbecue. To research the setting for 2009’s MAMA RIDES SHOTGUN, Deborah saddled up for a week-long, cross-Florida trail ride. Immersing herself in wedding minutiae for 2010's MAMA GETS HITCHED was far more grueling, she says. Deborah’s humor commentaries have played on NPR. Al Roker interviewed her on the ''Today'' show. She lives in southern Florida with husband Kerry Sanders, a TV reporter. No kids. No pets. They had goldfish once. Turned out badly.