Sharon Lynn was raised in Arizona but developed a profound connection to England when living there as a teenager, inspiring the setting of the award-winning Cotswold Crimes Mystery series. Nowadays, she spends half her time in Flagstaff, AZ. It is an International Dark City where lights are kept to a minimum so the Lowell Observatory can see stars. The nights are what she refers to as "werewolf dark" and provide the perfect inspiration for mysteries. The rest of the time, she lives on a boat in San Diego, where the changing ocean and foggy mornings conjure her muse. Sign up for updates at www.sharonlwrites.com and www.blackbirdwriters.com.