Jill Brock, a native New Yorker, and writer of the Maggie and Odessa Series and The Thursday Night Killers Book Club series. She based her first book Pennywise, on her experience running a restaurant, growing up with sisters in Queens, New York and her love of mysteries.

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She worked several years in the field of Mental Health before turning her many interests to writing. New York City, family and friends provide her with a rich source of material for her books. Her electric interests in baking, crafts and design adds to the multicultural stories she loves to write.

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She is a member of Sisters In Crime/New York Chapter and Crime Writers of Color