J. M. Port resides in Richmond, VA, though significant portions of her childhood and youth were spent in Sweden and Germany. These formative locations remain vivid influences in her memory, inspiring her to evoke the atmosphere of her childhood wine-growing village within her mysteries—settings where historical richness enhances both the narrative and the gravity of crime depicted. She aspires to one day renovate a traditional slate-roofed vintner’s house in the Moselle Valley, honoring its historic architecture while cultivating a garden that extends gracefully to the river's edge.