Crystal Sharpe is the pen name for Virginia Cornue, PhD and Linda Lombri who are China adoptive single moms from Montclair, New Jersey. They met for the first time in Shanghai (2006) on a heritage tour with their daughters, now in college. Lovers of world cultures, history and mysteries, they've embarked on encore careers like their sleuthing Boomer sheroes. Their debut novel in the SANDRA TROUX MYSTERIES, The Mystery of the Ming Connection, takes readers on a wild ride through South Korea and China. Next stops: Russia, Nigeria, and France in Masquerade on the Net.