Sandra Balzo

A native of southeastern Wisconsin, USA, Sandra Balzo currently splits her time between Florida and the High Country of North Carolina. She turned to mystery writing after twenty years in corporate public relations, event management and publicity. Her novels have been nominated for both the Anthony and Macavity awards and received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist. In addition to her books about coffee-maven Maggy Thorsen and displaced journalist AnnaLise Griggs, Balzo writes short stories, two of which have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, winning the Macavity, Derringer and Robert L. Fish awards. She has handled publicity for three Bouchercons (World Mystery Conventions), as well as the International Association of Crime Writers, and has served as a national board member of Mystery Writers of America.

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