Betty Hechtman is the national bestselling author of the Crochet Mysteries (most recently Hooking for Trouble, Seams Like Murder, Knot Guilty, For Better or Worsted and If Hooks Could Kill) and the Yarn Retreat Mysteries (Gone with the Wool, Wound Up in Murder, Silence of the Lamb's Wool, and Yarn to Go). She has a degree in fine arts and since college has studied everything from tap dancing to magic. When she isn't writing, reading or crocheting, she's probably at the gym. She lives in Southern California with her family.