Jean McCord calls upon her life experiences in writing mysteries. Her column about riding as an observer with various law-enforcement agencies--Along for the Ride--ran regularly for two years in two newspapers. Then she volunteered as a Reserve Deputy with the Piece County Washington Sheriff's Department. As the department's only woman reserve at the time, she worked patrol once a month for three years. She also served as Program Coordinator of the Northwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America from, 1991 through 1993. The Eagle Murders is her first book mystery.
Jean is a prize-winning author who enjoys life as an expat in Cuenca, Ecuador. In Home Free she fictionizes her life experiences growing up in rural Georgia in the 1940s and 1950s. Home Free is her first literary novel.
Jean McCord calls upon her life experiences in writing mysteries. Her column about riding as an observer with various law-enforcement agencies--Along for the Ride--ran regularly for two years in two newspapers. Then she volunteered as a Reserve Deputy with the Piece County Washington Sheriff's Department. As the department's only woman reserve at the time, she worked patrol once a month for three years. She also served as Program Coordinator...