First Cut: A Novel

Dianne Emley was born in Los Angeles, California. Except for her junior year in college when she studied at the Universite de Bordeaux, France, she has always lived in and around Los Angeles. She has a BA in philosophy and an MBA in marketing, both from UCLA. She has held jobs as varied as drill press operator, polling place recruiter, California Department of Consumer Affairs complaint handler, clothing boutique buyer, egg and poultry industry marketer, software company sales manager, and technical writer. While having traveled the world, she lives five miles from where she grew up with her husband Charlie and two cats and is gleefully happy with her favorite and last profession: crime writer. Visit the author's website at www.DianneEmley.com. From the Hardcover edition.Emley, Dianne is the author of 'First Cut: A Novel' with ISBN 9780345486189 and ISBN 0345486188.