Clarissa Verne fell in love with mysteries the summer she found her grandmother's collection of Agatha Christie novels and refused to put them down. She has been writing her own ever since.
She works within the criminal justice system, where her career spans homicide cases and other violent crimes, supporting the families and survivors through the aftermath. That work is the foundation of her fiction, particularly her refusal to sensationalize violence or the pain it leaves behind.
She lives with her family, a habit of folding paper swans when her stories fight her, and the deeply held belief that plotting a murder mystery is significantly easier than getting through a Tuesday.
