Barbara Nickless is the Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of two award-winning crime series. Her first series has been optioned for television. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Barbara lives in Colorado where she loves to hike, cave, snowshoe, and drink single malt Scotch. Her most recent research travel involved taking cover from rocket fire and being grilled at military checkpoints.