My name is Elaine Munsch but I write under E.M. Munsch. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio but graduated from Nazareth College of Kentucky. I have been a bookseller since 1972, both in Cleveland and Louisville. I moved to Kentucky to open the first Barnes & Noble here. Besides being a member of Sisters in Crime, I have also ‘taught’ the mystery genre for the Veritas Society here in Louisville. I facilitate the Mystery Reading Group at the B&N where I am still working part-time, having retired several times only to come back. I author the Dash Hammond series: THE PRICE OF BEING NEIGHBORLY, THE COST OF KINDNESS, THE EXPENSE OF FAMILY, A WEALTH OF WOMEN and A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TROUBLE. Two more books are in the works for that series.