C. Michele Dorsey began her professional life as a registered nurse, moving on to become a lawyer, mediator and adjunct professor of law. Always an enthusiastic reader, Michele longed to tell stories of her own. Joining a writing group and professional writers' organizations (SINC and MWA) provided her with the encouragement and support to write six different novels. Three were finalists in the St Martin Malice Domestic contest. In the same month Michele turned 65, she signed her first publishing contract with Crooked Lane Books for her debut mystery, No Virgin Island (August 2015), which is set in St. John, USVI. Michele is currently writing the second book in the series featuring Sabrina Salter.