About the Author

p.m.terrell is the pen name for Patricia McClelland Terrell, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of more than 21 books in five genres. A full-time writer since 2002, her historical book River Passage, the prequel to Songbirds are Free, won the 2010 Best Drama Award; Vicki's Key placed as one of five finalists in the 2012 International Book Awards (suspense) and The Tempest Murders placed as one of four finalists in the 2013 USA Best Book Awards (cross-genre). Prior to her writing career, she founded and operated two computer companies in the Washington, DC area. Her specialties are computer crime and computer intelligence, themes that carry forward to her contemporary suspense/ thrillers. Her clients included the CIA, Secret Service and Department of Defense.