Carol Higgins Clark is the author of the bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries. Her first novel, Decked, was published in 1992 and was nominated for both the Anthony and Agatha awards; she also coauthored a bestselling series of holiday mysteries with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark. Also an actress, Clark studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has recorded several of her mother's works. She received an AudioFile Earphones Award for her reading of Jinxed in 2002. She currently lives in New York City.