Stefanie Matteson is a novelist, journalist, and publicist. After graduating from Skidmore College with a degree in chemistry, Matteson worked as an editor and reporter, winning awards for her coverage of the sciences. In 1990, she published Murder at the Spa, which introduced the sleuthing Hollywood legend Charlotte Graham, whom Matteson would follow through seven more novels, including Murder on the Silk Road (1992) and Murder on High (1994).
