Dana DuGan is an award-winning journalist who’s held staff positions, and now writes freelance, for various newspapers, magazines and on-line media sources. Originally from the tri-state area of New York City, DuGan now lives in the Northern Rockies, where she’s at work on the second in a series of mystery-novels (the first being First In Time) featuring Nina Strauss. She’s also a radio host on community radio where she can be heard spinning Southern music three times a week. DuGan can be reached at danafan@gmail.com, or www.chickwithaview.com.