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Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian, former co-owner of the Prime Crime Mystery Bookstore in Ottawa, author of two mystery series and a double Arthur Ellis winner for short crime fiction.

The books in the Camilla MacPhee series are: Speak Ill of the Dead, which was shortlisted for an Arthur for Best First Novel, The Icing on the Corpse, Little Boy Blues and now The Devil’s in the Details. In 2003, she launched a new series, the Fiona Silk mysteries, the first of which, Lament for a Lounge Lizard, was shortlisted at the 2004 Arthurs for Best Novel.

Mary Jane Maffini resides in Ottawa, Ontario.