SADIE HARTWELL aka SUSANNAH HARDY grew up near the Canadian border in northern New York State, where it’s cold, dark, and snowy almost half the year—a perfect environment for nurturing a simultaneous love of mystery fiction and needlework. She attended St. Lawrence University, graduating with a degree in history, and has worked as a waitress, handbag designer/manufacturer, office drone, and freelance editor before turning to full-time writing. Now she gets to play with yarn and recipes and to make up stories whenever she wants-and wishes everyone had a job as much fun as hers.