Laurinda Wallace is the author of the Gracie Andersen mystery series, co-author of the true crime memoir, Too Close to Home: The Samantha Zaldivar Case, The Disappearance of Sara C...view moreLaurinda Wallace is the author of the Gracie Andersen mystery series, co-author of the true crime memoir, Too Close to Home: The Samantha Zaldivar Case, The Disappearance of Sara Colter, Nocturne for Evangeline: The Murder of Will Roy, and more. She is a passionate researcher of the history and crimes of the Genesee River Valley in western New York, and writes a blog, Along the Genesee. She is the recipient of multiple grants from the Poets and Writers Foundation, and a frequent presenter at the Silver Lake Experience, Silver Lake, NY. view less