Nashville native Sallie Bissell is the author of three novels of suspense featuring the half-Cherokee prosecutor, Mary Crow. Educated in the Nashville public schools, Bissell graduated from Peabody College and embarked on a career in advertising, where she worked on various media campaigns, including radio spots for the Grand Ole Opry.

Motherhood interrupted her advertising career, and when she returned to her typewriter after raising three children, she devoted herself to writing fiction. An avid horsewoman, she was a ghost writer for Bonnie Bryant’s popular Saddle Club series for young adults, penning seven novels before launching her own adult fiction career.