After retiring from a legal career with the Juvenile Court System, J.L. Buck published sixteen urban fantasy/paranormal novels under a pen name. In 2019 she decided to write in a mystery genre and period of history she had always enjoyed, and she began work on the Viscount Ware Mystery series. She lives in the Midwest with Latte, a mischievous Siamese cat, who often attempts to co-author her writing by taking over the keyboard. When not writing or running two blogs, Ms Buck enjoys her eight grandchildren (and a great-grandson), reading (preferably on a sunny deck), travel (USA and abroad from Africa to Europe to the British Isles to Disney World in Florida), and binge-watching any sub-genre of mystery shows.