A Mother's Day Murder: Mt. Abrams Mysteries Book 1

Dee Ernst was born and raised in New Jersey, which explains a great deal about her attitude towards life. She loved reading at a very early age, and by the time she was ten she had decided to become a writer.  It took a bit longer than she expected.

She went off to college, moved around a bit, had a job or two, a husband or two, and a daughter or two. It was the birth of her second daughter at the age of forty that got her thinking about what to do with the rest of her life.  That was when she decided to give writing a real shot.

Dee loved chick-lit and romantic comedy, but hated the twenty-something heroines who couldn’t figure out how to go and get what they wanted.  She began to write about women like herself — older, confident, and with a wealth of life experience to draw upon. She got an agent but no sales, and took the plunge into self-publishing in 2010.

In 2012, Better Off Without Himbecame an Amazon bestseller. She signed with Montlake Publishing, Lake Union Publishing, and continued to self-publish,

She has since written a few more novels, a series of cozy mysteries, and in spring of 2019, became a RITA® Finalistfor A Safe Place to Land.

She is still in New Jersey, where she writes full-time.  She lives with husband #2, daughter #2, a few dogs and a few cats. She loves sunsets, long walks on the beach, and a really cold martini