Dharma Kelleher is the author of the Jinx Ballou bounty hunter series and the Shea Stevens outlaw biker series. She is a pioneer in transgender crime fiction, writing gritty tales about outlaws, renegades, and misfits from a queer perspective.

She is a former journalist and a current member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers and the Alliance of Independent Authors. She lives in Arizona with her wife and three feline overlords.