Traci Andrighetti is the author of the Franki Amato
Mystery series. In her previous life, she was an
award-winning literary translator and a Lecturer of
Italian at the University of Texas at Austin, where
she earned a PhD in Applied Linguistics. But then
she got wise and ditched that academic stuff for a
life of crime--writing, that is.
If she's not hard at work on her next novel, Traci is
probably watching her favorite Italian soap opera,
eating Tex Mex or sampling fruity cocktails, and
maybe all at the same time. She lives in Austin with
her husband, young son (who desperately wants to
be in one of her books) and three treat-addicted
dogs.
Kathy, like you I'm passionate about writing, but life sure gets in the way sometimes, doesn't it? Just wanted to say thanks for lesson #2: Never give up. I need that right now! Congrats on the release. ;)