Award-winning writer, Debra Purdy Kong, is a long-time resident of Port Moody, British Columbia. She’s published more than one hundred short stories essays, and articles for publications that include Chicken Soup for the Bride’s Soul, B.C. Parent Magazine, and the Vancouver Sun. Fatal Encryption is the sequel to her first Alex Bellamy mystery, Taxed to Death.

Debra’s criminology studies, volunteer experiences, and jobs in retail and security provided inspiration for her Evan Dunstan novellas and Casey Holland transit security mysteries.