<p>Sharon Ward is the author of the Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery Series, which currently includes <em>In Deep</em>, <em>Sunken Death</em>, <em>Dark Tide</em>, <em>Killer Storm</em>, <em>Hidden Depths</em>, <em>Sea Stars, Rip Current, Sea Monsters, and Ice Water. Heat Wave, </em>book 10 in the series, will be coming soon from her publishing company, Penster Press.</p><p> </p><p>Sharon was a tech industry marketing executive for many years before becoming a novelist. She was a PADI certified divemaster who has hundreds of dives under her weight belt. Her favorite dive location is the Cayman Islands, where the Fin Fleming series is set.</p><p> </p><p>She is a member of NINC, Sisters in Crime, MWA, ITW, and the Cape Cod Writers Center along with several other writing organizations.</p><p> </p><p>She lives on the south coast of Massachusetts with her husband Jack and their miniature long‑haired dachshund Molly.</p>