Carol Costa is a professional writer and editor. She is also an award-winning playwright and a journalist. Carol has worked as an editor of books and newspapers, a business news correspondent, and ...view moreCarol Costa is a professional writer and editor. She is also an award-winning playwright and a journalist. Carol has worked as an editor of books and newspapers, a business news correspondent, and managed a literary agency.Carol’s plays have been published and produced in New York City, Los Angeles, and regional theaters across the country. She has also worked as the Artistic Director of a community theater. She currently runs a Readers Theater in Tucson, Arizona that benefits a local charity.The first two books in the Dana Sloan series, A Deadly Hand, and The Master Plan, are now available as mass-market paperbacks by Harlequin’s Worldwide Mystery imprint.Other Books by Carol Costa include:The Seventh Messenger, a historical novel, Anaphora Literary PressWhen Nothing Else Was Right, a Dana Sloan Mystery, Open Books PressAsk Aunt Emma Again, Champagne BooksHappiness Awaits You! Open Books PressAsk Aunt Emma, Champagne BooksInvisible Force, Champagne BooksThe Master Plan, Avalon BooksA Deadly Hand, Avalon BooksLove Steals the Scene, Avalon BooksLabor of Love, Avalon BooksTeach Yourself Accounting in 24 Hours, (1st & 2nd Editions) Penguin USAThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Bankruptcy, Penguin USATeach Yourself Bookkeeping in 24 Hours, Penguin USAVideo Poker: Play Longer with Less Risk, ECW PressThe Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Thrift Store, Penguin USAHer play: The Last Decent Crooks, is available through Norman Maine Play PublishingComing soon from Norman Maine is a zany melodrama, The Phantom of the Soap Opera.Member: Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of Americaview less