I've taught art history, structured and marketed municipal bonds for major cities, worked as a staff member on two statewide political campaigns, and served as a fundraiser for several non-profit organizations. I also managed my own consulting company providing genealogical research services. Now I'm a full-time writer, and I think writing mysteries is a lot more fun than anything I've done before.

I'm a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Romance Writers of America. I began writing in 2001 and sold my first series (the Glassblowing Mystery series), under the name Sarah Atwell, to Berkley Prime Crime in 2006. Six months later I sold a second series (the Orchard Mystery series) under my own name to the same publisher. The first books of both series debuted in 2008, and were ranked in the top ten best sellers in their month of issue by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

I live in a too-big Victorian in southeastern Massachusetts with my husband and three cats, as well as my poet-daughter who graduated from college with a degree in comparative literature and now works in an independent bookstore.