Bailee Abbott spends her days plotting murder and writing mysteries. She's a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. Bailee lives with her husband and furry friend Max in the quiet suburbs of Green, Ohio. Visits to Bemus Point, a town along Chautauqua Lake in southwest New York, inspired the setting for the PAINT BY MURDER mystery series. Bailee also writes the Sierra Pines B&B mystery series under the name Kathryn Long, as well as the Mackenzie Blue Mysteries.