Lee Orlich Bertram is an American novelist and poet. Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, Book One is her debut novel in the Dr. Marcos Andersson series. Lee received her BA, MA, and PhD from the University of California, Irvine, and her JD from the University of Idaho. After a career in K-12 education, Lee began the practice of law in Idaho and Washington. In addition to writing and her practice, Lee teaches business and international trade law at Washington State University. She is multilingual, enjoys playing piano, sitting on corporate boards, cooking, studying archaeology and Egyptology, and originally hails from California from an immigrant family. Lee lives in Idaho with her husband, Dr. Jack Hill, and their feather and fur babies.