Author Bio
• Birth—June 6, 1952
• Raised—McKinney, Texas, USA
• Education—Austin College; Tarrant County
College
• Awards—3 Macavity Awards (more below)
• Currently—lives in McKinney, Texas
Deborah Crombie (nee Darden) is an American author of the Duncan Kinkaid / Gemma James mystery series set in the United Kingdom. Crombie was raised in McKinney, Texas, studied Biology at Austin College, and was a writing student of Warren Norwood at Tarrant County College. She has lived in both England and Scotland in the UK.
Crombie began writing her first mystery after dissecting the structure of books by mystery novelists—and has never had a rejection slip. The author of more a dozen novels, she is a top regarded mystery writer. The Independent Mystery Booksellers selected her 1997 Dreaming of the Bones as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century. She is a three-time Macavity Award winner, an Edgar Award nominee, and New York Times Notable author.
Crombie still lives in McKinney, Texas, sharing a house that is more than one hundred years old with her husband, three cats, and two German shepherds. (Adapted from the publisher and Wikipedia.)