A St. Louis native, Linda Joffe Hull currently resides in Denver with her husband, daughter, and the various pets her sons left behind when they went off to college. She is a longtime member and former president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and is currently on the board of Mystery Writers of America. She was also named the 2013 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. She is the author of The Big Bang, Frog Kisses, Eternally 21, Black Thursday, and Sweetheart Deal.