Roz Weedman lives in Frankenmuth, Michigan. She worked for thirteen years as a legal secretary, continued her education at the University of Michigan, and eventually retired from her position as a professor of English after twenty years focusing on teaching writing and American literature. For fun, she reads cozy mysteries and spy novels. She also has the privilege of living with the real-life Boston terrier, Cookie, who attends to her many duties in town. Roz loves nothing more than playing mah-jongg with her friends and grandkids, always keeping in mind Bubbe Fischer’s advice: “If you can’t win, don’t lose.” If you’re in Frankenmuth, her white minivan with the Mahj license plate will be parked askew somewhere nearby. Stop in and say hi!

Susan Todd lives in Frankenmuth, Michigan, with Mel, her husband of over fifty years. After being a stay-at-home mom, she went back to get her teaching degree. She started her work at the same college her son was attending. Interesting times! After graduating, Susan and Mel moved to Frankenmuth, where she taught elementary and middle school for eleven years. Since retiring they enjoy traveling both abroad and in the US. Their daughter, gretchen, lives in Virginia, and their son, Jason, and his wife, Sheehan, live in Colorado. Readers should keep their eyes peeled to see if they appear in future mysteries. If you travel to Frankenmuth and see a silver-blue convertible zipping around town, give Susan a wave.

Lane Trabalka is a visual arts 2D concentration student in tenth grade at an arts and sciences school in Saginaw. She enjoys noticing, mulling over, and sometimes drawing the finer details of the world around her.

Also known as the fictional “Babycakes”