Cara Black lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and teenage son. Her bestselling and award nominated Aimee Leduc Investigation series set in Paris has been translated into five languages. She gets to Paris twice a year for research and more if she can frequenting parts of the city little known outside the beaten tourist track. A Paris she discovers on research trips and interviews with French police and private detectives. She is a San Francisco Library Laureate and a member of the Paris Sociéte Historique in the Marais. She's included in the GREAT WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd edition published in the UK. Her first three novels in the series MURDER IN THE MARAIS, MURDER IN BELLEVILE AN MURDER IN THE SENTIER were nominated for an Anthony Award as Best Novel.  Several of her books have been chosen as BookSense Picks by the American Association of Independent Bookstores. Her ninth book, Murder in the Latin Quarter, was a finalist for the Northern California book award.  Her website is www.carablack.com.