Jeff Markowitz is the author of the Cassie O'Malley Mysteries, quirky stories set deep in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from Princeton University and graduate degrees in special education and human services. For more than thirty years, Jeff has developed services that enhance quality of life. Recently he has discovered that he also has something of a flair for killing people. In 2004, Jeff released his first mystery - Who is Killing Doah's Deer? - introducing tabloid reporter and amateur sleuth Cassie O'Malley. Now Cassie is back in A Minor Case of Murder, investigating a deadly combination of love and minor league baseball.
Jeff lives in New Jersey with his wife and teenage son. He is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America. Jeff loves to write early in the morning. "You can usually find me at my computer at 5:30 in the morning," he says, "plotting someone's murder."
Jeff's alter-ego is tabloid reporter and amateur sleuth Cassie O'Malley. Cassie is a woman whose life has failed to live up to her expectations. A Princeton graduate now in her late thirties, Cassie has been a widow for nearly fifteen years. Her dream of becoming a big-time investigative reporter has been replaced by the reality of her job writing outlandish stories about space aliens and psychics for a barely reputable tabloid magazine. And when the long time owner/editor sells the magazine, even that seems to be crumbling.
And then there's the small matter of the dead bodies...
