Pamela Beason is the author of the Neema Mysteries, the Sam Westin Mysteries, and the Run for Your Life young adult trilogy, as well as several romantic suspense and nonfiction books. She has received the Daphne du Maurier Award and two Chanticleer Book Reviews Grand Prizes for her writing, in addition to an award from Library Journal and other romance and mystery awards. Pam is a former private investigator who lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she escapes into the wilderness to hike and kayak as often as she can.