Judy Clemens wrote the Agatha- and Anthony-nominated Stella Crown series, the Grim Reaper mysteries, and the stand-alone Lost Sons (published by Herald Press). Her YA thriller Tag, You're Dead, written as J.C. Lane, was also nominated for the Agatha and Anthony awards. She is a past-president of Sisters in Crime, a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, and the mother of two young adults, which helps when writing YA and middle-grade fiction.