Co-authors of the Can Be Murder Trilogy, Marilyn Rausch and Mary Donlon met in a fiction writing class. Mary, a CPA in a previous life, resides in the Twin Cities area with her husband and twin daughters. Marilyn is a retired market research consultant and adult basic education teacher. She is mother of two adult children and resides in suburban Minneapolis with her cat Kip. Marilyn is also the author two novellas, Sweet Dreams: Recipes From a Lifetime in Turners Bend and Christmas in Turners Bend.