About the Author

Marjorie Swift Doering grew up, quite literally, on a golf course. Her father, a PGA pro, was the owner-operator of an eighteen-hole course in a tiny town in SE Wisconsin. The distinctly unique childhood surroundings laid the foundation for her lifelong enjoyment of "people watching". Occasional reminders to "not bother the members" resulted in turning her into an introverted extrovert, a condition she's since overcome. She graduated from WSU, Stevens Point with a B.S. in Secondary Education with a major in English and a minor in Psychology. She's made continuous use of both ever since, but interests and circumstances led her away from the classroom setting. The love of writing has always been a constant in her life. A few of her proudest accomplishments consist of the production of her one-act play Flight 419 by Darknight Theatrical Productions in Chicago, Illinois in 2005, contributions to Mosaic, A Collection of Short Stories in 2009, the 2012 publication of Dear Crossing, the first in her Ray Schiller mystery series, followed by Shadow Tag, the second book in the series in 2013. Marjorie and her husband Denny live in NW Wisconsin with their springer spaniel Casey and their three crazy but loveable cats, Freddy, Dickens and JoJo.