Claire Hamner Matturro was a newspaper reporter, a lawyer, and a college teacher before tackling legal thrillers. Her debut, SKINNY-DIPPING, won ROMANTIC TIMES' BEST FIRST MYSTERY award, first place in the SEAK Legal Fiction competition, was a BOOKSENSE 2004 Pick, and received a Barry nomination. WILDCAT WINE, her second, received a Georgia Author of the Year nomination.

Matturro lives in Georgia, where she and her husband have a small organic blueberry farm, a 20-year-old cat, and a peacock.