Debra Gaskill is the former managing editor of the Washington Court House (Ohio) Record Herald. She has been an award-winning journalist for 20 years,  writing for a number of Ohio newspapers covering the cops and courts beat, and the Associated Press, covering any stories thrown her way. She is currently a freelance journalist for three southwestern Ohio newspapers, still covering cops and courts.

Gaskill's mysteries 'Barn Burner' (2009), 'The Major's Wife' (2010), and the latest, 'Lethal Little Lies' (2013) all center around crimes committed in the fictional small town Jubilant Falls, Ohio, and often center around the damage family secrets can do.  

'The Major's Wife' received honorable mention in the 2011 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. A fourth book in the series, 'Murder on the Lunatic Fringe,' will be published in early 2014.

She and her husband Greg, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, have two children and one grandson. They raise llamas and alpacas on their farm in Enon, Ohio. 

She blogs about her llamas, her writing and love of all things fiber on her blog, A Weaver of Tales, A Spinner of Yarns, at www.debragaskill.wordpress.com. You can also connect with her on Facebook and Twitter or on her website, www.debragaskillnovels.com