Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, people who hurt their kids, and employers' discrimination aroused her curiosity about human behavior. The author of twenty-six books spanning many genres including crime fiction, true crime, memoir, and nonfiction, and many short stories, Flora's been a finalist for the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer awards. She won the Public Safety Writers Association award for nonfiction and twice won the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction. She received a lifetime achievement award from the New England Crime Bake and the Lea Wait Award for contributions to the crime writing community at the Maine Crime Wave.

Flora is current president of the SinC local chapter, and a founder of the New England Crime Bake and Maine Crime Wave conferences. She blogs with the Maine Crime Writers. Her fiction includes the Thea Kozak series, featuring a strong female protagonist who navigates complex and dangerous situations, and the Joe Burgess police procedural series. Flora's recent books include the domestic suspense novel Teach Her a Lesson, and Burn the Diaries and Run, a political thriller. She divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine, where she gardens and cooks and watches the clouds when she's not imagining her character's dark deeds.