<br><strong>Dorothy Bodoin </strong>lives in Royal Oak, Michigan, an hour's drive from the little town that inspired Foxglove Corners. <br><br>Dorothy worked as a secretary for Chrysler Missile Corporation, two years of which were spent in southern Italy. A<br>graduate of Oakland University with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English literature, she taught English for several years at Madison High School in Michigan.<br><br>On retiring from teaching, she began her second career as a writer. She is the author of the Foxglove Corners mystery series, six novels of romantic suspense, and one Gothic romance.