J. J. Cagney's debut mystery, A Pilgrimage of Death, was named to Kirkus Reviews' 100 Best Books of 2018, a 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards winner, and on multiple Goodreads Best Mysteries lists. Cagney holds a bachelor's in international marketing and spent part of her twenties as the marketing director for an elite sports management firm. And, yes, she did her requisite stint with a dotcom back in the early 2000s, first as a marketing coordinator and then as a content manager. She's penned work for a variety of websites and magazines, and she worked as a literary agent for Irene Webb Literary. She lives in northern New Mexico with her husband, children, about a million fish, and their Great Pyrenees, Ash. Kirkus Reviews called An Artifact of Death "An exhilarating entry in a thoroughly enjoyable series."