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| About the Author |
   Barbara
D'Amato was the 1999-2000 president of Mystery Writers of America and
is a past president of Sisters in Crime
International. She writes a mystery series
starring Chicago freelance investigative reporter Cat Marsala, a series
starring Chicago patrol cops Suze Figueroa and Norm Bennis, and standalone
novels. Her latest book is the thriller Death of a Thousand Cuts,
published in June 2004.
D'Amato's Figueroa & Bennis novel, Authorized Personnel Only, won the first annual Mary Higgins Clark Award, presented at the Mystery Writers of America Agents and Editors Party during Edgar Week 2001. D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedies, The Magic Man and the children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named "an event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine. A native of Michigan, she has been a
resident of Chicago for many years. D'Amato has been a columnist for the
Sisters in Crime newsletter and Mystery Scene magazine. She has
worked as an assistant surgical orderly, carpenter for stage magic
illusions, assistant tiger handler, stage manager, researcher for attorneys
in criminal cases, and occasionally teaches mystery writing to Chicago
police officers. |