Tara Laskowski is the author of three suspense novels: The Weekend Retreat, The Mother Next Door, and One Night Gone, which won the Agatha Award, Macavity Award, and the Anthony Award. She also wrote two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders. She has won the Agatha Award and Thriller Award for her short fiction and was the longtime editor of the online flash fiction journal, SmokeLong Quarterly.

Tara lives in Virginia with her husband, crime writer Art Taylor, and their son Dashiell. Visit her website at TaraLaskowski.com.  

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