Fay Robinson lives in Waverly, Alabama. She is a former radio news director and newspaper editor. She has won awards for her personal columns, feature stories, news reporting and investigative reporting, and spearheaded a community service effort that resulted in national recognition for her former station. For many years she covered her state legislature and criminal courts. Her articles resulted in the arrest of more than one criminal, including a serial rapist and murderer. Her interest in the legal system, criminology and law are often reflected in her novels. Fay enjoys researching and does so extensively for each novel. She has also written for the techniques of research for magazines such as Writer's Digest. Her other passion is genealogy. She has researched and written about her family's history and has written a continuing genealogy column for magazines and newspapers. Fay is training for national certification as a professional genealogist and is studying for her certification as a legal investigator. She is taking or has taken courses in forensics, forensic facial artistry and reconstruction and crime scene investigation.