A 2015 Georgia Author of the Year finalist for best mystery, best selling author Larissa Reinhart writes with a particular focus on sassy female characters with a penchant for trouble. Find her at larissareinhart.com and sign up for her e-newsletter for reader news and giveaways. She's also active on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RisWrites), Instagram (http://instagram.com/larissareinhart), and has an active friendly street team she calls Mystery Minions on a private Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysteryminions/). The Cherry Tucker Mystery series is published by Henery Press. The first in the series, PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (2012), is a 2012 Daphne du Maurier finalist, 2012 The Emily finalist, and 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial winner. STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (2013), HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (2013), and DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (2014), and THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE (2015) with the Cherry Tucker novella, QUICK SKETCH, in the 2013 anthology, HEARTACHE MOTEL, as a prequel to PORTRAIT. The sixth mystery, A COMPOSITION IN MURDER, is coming soon.Larissa considers herself lucky to have taught English in Japan, escaped a ferocious monkey in Thailand, studied archaeology in Egypt, and survived teaching high school history in the US. However, adopting her daughters from China has been her most rewarding experience. After growing up in the Midwest and spending her adult years in Georgia, she's back in Nagoya, Japan with her husband, daughters, the occasional fish, and Biscuit, a Cairn Terrier. Sometime in the spring of 2016, you'll see her and her family on House Hunters International. Look for the "Nagoya" episode!