Born November 25, 1951, in Tunica, MS; daughter of Robert Ashley (a principal) and Jean (a librarian) Harris; married Hal Schulz (a chemical engineer), August 5, 1978; children: Julia, Patrick, Timothy. Education: Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), B.A., 1973. Avocational Interests: Animals, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, karate, movies, reading, unsolved murder cases. Memberships: Mensa, Sisters in Crime (served as board member), Mystery Writers of America, American Crime Writers League, Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance (served as president). Addresses: Home: AR.

"AURORA TEAGARDEN" MYSTERY SERIES

• Real Murders, Walker (New York, NY), 1990.
• A Bone to Pick, Walker (New York, NY), 1992.
• Three Bedrooms, One Corpse, Scribner (New York, NY), 1994.
• The Julius House, Scribner (New York, NY), 1995.
• Dead over Heels, Scribner (New York, NY), 1996.
• A Fool and His Honey, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1999.
• Last Scene Alive, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2002.
• Poppy Done to Death, St. Martin's Minotaur (New York, NY), 2003.

• Grave Sight, Berkley Prime Crime (New York, NY), 2005.
• Grave Surprise, Berkley Prime Crime (New York, NY), 2006.
• An Ice Cold Grave, Berkley Prime Crime (New York, NY), 2007.

• Shakespeare's Landlord, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1996.
• Shakespeare's Champion, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1997.
• Shakespeare's Christmas, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.
• Shakespeare's Trollop, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000.
• Shakespeare's Counselor, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2001.

• Dead until Dark, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• Living Dead in Dallas, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2002.
• Club Dead, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2003.
• Dead to the World, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2004.
• Dead as a Doornail, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2005.
• Definitely Dead, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2006.
• All Together Dead, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2007.
• From Dead to Worse, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2008.

• Sweet and Deadly, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1980.
• A Secret Rage, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1984.
• (Editor, with Toni L.P. Kelner) Many Bloody Returns: Tales of Birthdays with Bite, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Contributor of fiction to anthologies, including Night's Edge, HQN Books (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 2004; Bite, Jove Books (New York, NY), 2004; and My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, St. Martin's Griffin (New York, NY), 2006.

Author's books have been translated into several foreign languages, including Greek, German, Spanish, French, Russian, and Thai.