ABOUT
ABOUT
About Tessa
Tessa Wegert is the author of the Shana Merchant novels, which include Death in the Family, The Dead Season, and Dead Wind. A former freelance journalist, Tessa has contributed to such publications as Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, The Economist, and The Globe and Mail. Tessa grew up in Quebec, where she earned a degree in Communication Studies, and now lives with her husband and children in Coastal Connecticut.
Tessa was inspired to write her debut after more than a decade of visits to the Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York and Ontario, Canada. Her first experience there was similar to that of Death in the Family’s Abella Beaudry: she spent the weekend getting to know her fiancé’s family on a small private island. Fortunately, no crimes were committed (although there was a fairly intense storm).
Prior to writing novels, Tessa was the first place winner in the Crime category of the Eighth Annual Writer’s Digest Magazine Popular Fiction Awards for her short story Moms’ Night Out. She is a member of International Thriller Writers (ITW), Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime New England, and Sisters in Crime New York, and is co-president of Sisters in Crime Connecticut.
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