Toni McGee Causey lives in Baton Rouge with her husband and two sons; a Louisiana native (and Cajun), she has nearly completed a double masters at LSU. She's placed in top tier screenwriting contests, published many non-fiction articles and edited a popular regional magazine. To support her writing addiction, she and her husband Carl run their own civil construction company. Toni is also a member of Killer Year, a group of 13 debut crime fiction authors who banded together out of support and ended up with national press and an anthology, KILLER YEAR: STORIES TO DIE FOR, edited by Lee Child. In 2006, she was a contributor to the non-fiction collection of essays, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS. Interviews done by Romantic Times Magazine Toni on her southern influences: Toni on her heroine, Bobbie Faye: Toni on her screenwriting background: Check out this interview with Toni in 225BatonRouge.com.