Arlene SachitanoArlene Sachitano decided she'd like to write murder mysteries when she was about eleven years old and read her first Agatha Christie novel. She was already a knitter at that tender age, and started sewing soon after, so it only made sense she'd grow p to write cozy crafting mysteries. A thirty-year side trip into the world of high tech, along with raising multiple children, dogs, and cats, derailed the writing ambitions for a while, but eventually the writing compulsion won out.Arlene is the author of the Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mysteries as well as the Permelia O'Brien mysteries. She lives in both Tillamook and Portland, Oregon with her husband Jack and dog Navarre ("No, he's not a min-pin, he's a Manchester terrier"). Read More Read Less