Martha Crites worked in community and inpatient mental health for many years and taught at the Quileute Tribal School on the Washington coast. She lives with her husband in Seattle. When she isn’t writing, you will find her walking or volunteering on the Camino de Santiago, the medieval pilgrimage trail in Spain. Her first novel, Grave Disturbance, won a Malice Domestic Grant and was nominated for the Nancy Pearl Award. Danger to Others is the second Grace Vaccaro mystery.