JM lives and writes in Dallas Texas. The author's childhood was spent in upstate New York's Finger Lake Wine Region. As a youth, JM worked in the family vineyard stretching trellis, tilling rows and trimming vines, all experiences that were invaluable in writing Dead on the Vine, the author's first published novel. JM hopes to generate enough interest in the characters, Claire, Victor, Samson, and the rest, and in the setting at Violet Vineyards, perched on a steep slope of the Mayacamas mountains overlooking the city of St. Helena in beautiful Napa Valley to warrant a series of murder mysteries. With that hope, JM has begun work on the second book in the series, A Vintage to Die For.