Mary Flodin

Mary Flodin’s debut novel, Fruit of the Devil, was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction and the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Competition. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Silicon Valley chapter of Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Santa Cruz Women of Mystery. She was awarded a fellowship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and has participated in numerous writers’ conferences, including BreadLoaf Orion and ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment). Before settling into the writer’s life, Mary taught environmental education, English, and art in California public schools. A native Californian, she lives on the Monterey Bay with her husband—a retired NASA climate scientist—their husky, koi, chickens, and gopher herd. More at http://www.maryflodin.com