After working nearly 30 years in the high-tech industry, where her writing consisted of performance reviews, process specs, and a scintillating proprietary tome on electronics assembly, ARLENE SACHITANO wrote her first mystery novel, Chip and Die.
Quilt As Desired, the first Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery, was published in the fall of 2003 and has been followed by eleven more adventures; The 12 Quilts of Christmas brings the popular series to an even dozen.
Arlene is aided in her writing endeavors by her canine companion Navarre. When not writing, she is on the board of directors of the Harriet Vane Chapter of Sisters In Crime as well as Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook, Oregon. She teaches knitting at Latimer and, of course, is a quilter.
She’s been married to Jack for forty years; they split their time between Tillamook and Multnomah Village in Portland. Arlene and Jack have three lovely children and three brilliant grandchildren. She also has two wonderful friends, one named Susan and the other named Margi.