Valerie Wilson Wesley is the bestselling author of the Tamara Hayle Mysteries, which include When Death Comes Stealing and Dying in the Dark. Among her award-winning novels are Playing My Mother's Blues, Always True to You in My Fashion, and Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do. She is also the author of the paranormal romances When the Night Whispers and The Moon Tells Secrets, written under the pen name Savanna Welles. Valerie is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Excellence in Adult Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the National Association of Black Journalists' Griot Award. A former executive editor of Essence magazine, she was also previously an artist-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago and the Cicely Tyson School of Performing Arts. Married to noted screenwriter and playwright Richard Wesley, she has two adult daughters. Valerie can be found online at valeriewilsonwesley.com.