Judy Nedry was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She grew up in the small towns of Idaho and eastern Oregon before I-pads, zombie apocalypses, and Prozac. There wasn't much to do, so s...view moreJudy Nedry was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She grew up in the small towns of Idaho and eastern Oregon before I-pads, zombie apocalypses, and Prozac. There wasn't much to do, so she discovered reading and WRITING at a very early age. She earned a degree in Journalism at University of Oregon. She moved to Portland where she spent 30 years documenting the growth of the Northwest wine industry. She founded Northwest Palate magazine and freelanced regularly for a number of notable wine and food magazines. Her non-fiction books, Oregon Wine Country and Washington Wine Country (1998 and 2000 respectively,Graphic Arts Publishing). AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE, the first in her Emma Golden Mystery series, was published in 2009 followed by THE DIFFICULT SISTER in 2013 and THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE in 2015.view less