E-mail to author, Apr. 4, 2000 (Laura Madeline Lippman; b. Jan. 31, 1959)
LauraLippman.com, Feb. 10, 2011 biography (Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun; Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore; attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism; worked at the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light; best known for her detective novels featuring Tess Monaghan as the progtagonist) http://www.lauralippman.com/
Wikipedia, Feb. 10, 2011 (Laura Lippman; b. January 31, 1959; American author of detective fiction; born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She is best known for writing a series of novels set in Baltimore and featuring Tess Monaghan)