Deanna RaybournDeanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Lady Julia Grey series, A Spear of Summer Grass, and The Dead Travel Fast. The Lady Julia Grey series has been nominated for five RITA Awards, an Agatha Award, and numerou Dilys Wynn, Last Laugh, Daphne du Maurier, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards. Silent in the Grave, the first book in the series, won the 2008 RITA Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. Deanna lives in Virginia with her family. Read More Read Less