Shelley Adina Bates writes mysteries as a member of Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers of Canada. She is the author of some 60 novels—steampunk adventure, cozy fantasy mystery, and deeply researched historical mystery—and under the name Adina Senft, is the USA Today bestselling author of Amish women’s fiction. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the UK. She lives near the Silicon Valley in California.