Murray, Judy L.: - Judy L. Murray is winner of the Silver Falchion Award, Independent Publisher Gold Medals, PenCraft International First Place Awards, and an Agatha Award Nominee. A former Philadelphia real estate broker and restoration addict, Judy worked with enough delusional sellers, jittery buyers, testy contractors, and diva agents to fill her head with back-office insight and truth versus gossip. She is a graduate in newspaper journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University and began her professional writing career as a newspaper reporter and magazine columnist. She holds a master's degree in business from Penn State University. She lives atop a cliff on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband. They're buffeted by winds in winter and invaded by family and dogs in summer. Judy is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America