Boyarsky, Nancy: - Nancy Boyarsky is the award-winning author of the Nicole Graves mysteries.Nancy's books have been compared to Mary Higgins Clark and are praised for contributing to the "women-driven mystery field with panache" Foreword Reviews, as well as for their "hold-onto-the-bar roller coaster" plots RT Book Reviews.Nancy has been a writer and editor for her entire working career. She coauthored Backroom Politics, a New York Times notable book, with her husband Bill Boyarsky. She has written several textbooks on the justice system as well as written articles for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, and McCall's. She also contributed to political anthologies, including In the Running, about women's political campaigns, and The Challenge of California by the late Eugene Lee. In addition to her writing career, she was communications director for political affairs for ARCO. Her debut novel The Swap, book one of the Nicole Graves Mysteries, won the prestigious Eric Hoffer award for Best Micro Press Book of the Year.Nancy is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a major in English literature. She lives in Los Angeles. Readers can connect with her online at her website nancyboyarsky.com.