Carole Nelson Douglas is the USA TODAY bestselling author of nearly 70 novels, including the highly lauded Irene Adler / Sherlock Holmes historical mystery series, the Midnight Louie mystery series, the Delilah Street series, the Six of Swords Kendric and Irissa Fantasy series, and more. She has also been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame. She's the first woman author of a Sherlockian series and the first to use a female protagonist (Holmes' out-witter Irene Adler), in the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Good Night, Mr. Holmes.

A four-time Romance Writers Rita Award finalist with RT Book Reviews Career Achievement awards in Suspense, Mystery, Versatility and as a Pioneer of Publishing and holder of many Catwriters' Association Muse Medallions, Carole rescues cats and works at home among mannequins in vintage dress. She does a wicked mean Marilyn Monroe impersonation, but her literary muse is definitely feline: mysterious, playful, and packing sharp shivs in velvet gloves.