Lyla Fox spent over twenty years teaching English from first grade to high school and college. During that time, she also wrote everything she could from newsletters, to letters-to-the-editor, to a children's novel, which won a Writer's Digest Honorable Mention, and articles for national magazines such as Newsweek, Forbes, Parents, and various other national and regional publications. With her two children grown and living two thousand miles way and a husband devoted to the golf course, Lyla is thrilled to have time to work in the genre that has captivated her since fourth grade when she discovered the adventurous Nancy Drew. Snoop is her first mystery, but she's already far into two others with equally trying situations and quirky characters.