Louise Crawford AKA L.F. Crawford has written award-winning novels in fantasy, romance, suspense, mystery, and has dabbled in short stories in the science fiction genre and contemporary romance genre. Her books have won or been nominated for Best Mystery Eppie Award, Best Mystery Reviewer's Choice Award, Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine, Best Fantasy Romance Eppie nominee, Best first chapter of a novel, Silver Bullet Award, and more.Her fantasy romance novels are similar to a Xena marathon, with plenty of action, fantasy, and romance.Her Blaize/Zoloski mysteries have been compared to Sue Grafton's "but with an edge."Her Murry/Kidman suspense series takes a paranormal twist and mixes it with the macabre of homicide detecting in Beverly Hills, from headless corpses to serial killers to shape-shifting cruise directors.And her new "in blood" series takes suspense into the air with a helicopter pilot that can't remember her past, her foster brother who enjoys gutting a few bad guys for entertainment, and the homicide detective who likes Jane, but wants to put her brother behind bars. If you're a Dexter fan, you won't want to miss Born in Blood or any of Crawford's books. Whatever genre Crawford tackles, she does it well.