Sandra Bretting is the author of a bestselling cozy mystery series that ran for five years with Kensington Publishing in New York, as well as several standalone titles. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, she began her career writing for the Los Angeles Times, Orange Coast Magazine, and others. From 2006 until 2016, she wrote feature stories for the award-winning business section of the Houston Chronicle. The Missy DuBois Mystery Series follows milliner and bona fide Southern belle Missy DuBois. Book four in the series ranked as an Amazon bestseller. Bretting also wrote a Christian memoir, Shameless Persistence, which was featured on The 700 Club and Cornerstone Broadcasting Network. She invites readers to connect with her at www.sandrabretting.com.