<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<author id="287931">
  <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
  <fans-count type="integer">8</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">4</followers-count>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217682928p5/287931.jpg</image_url>
  <about><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum is a Washington, D.C., news reporter, novelist and playwright. She also holds a Virginia private investigator's registration. Her Crime of Fashion mysteries star a savvy, stylish sleuth: Lacey Smithsonian, a reluctant fashion reporter in Washington D.C., &quot;The City Fashion Forgot.&quot; 
     Lacey would rather be working &quot;hard news,&quot; but her nose for nuance, eye for a great story, and talent for getting into trouble make her the right reporter for the Crimes of Fashion beat. In her vintage suits and killer heels, she trips over fashion clues, fabulous shoes, dangerous women, drop-dead men, and of course the occasional corpse (who wouldn't be caught dead dressed like that). 
     Ellen and her fictional creation Lacey Smithsonian share a love for vintage clothes, a balcony overlooking the Potomac River, and a humorous viewpoint on life, love, mystery, fashion, and the wild and wacky world of Our Nation's Capital. ]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
  <books>
        <book id="518492">
  <title><![CDATA[Killer Hair (Crime of Fashion Mystery, Book 1)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>154</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="518490">
  <title><![CDATA[Designer Knockoff (A Crime of Fashion Mystery, #2)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.64</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>117</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="518491">
  <title><![CDATA[Hostile Makeover (Crime of Fashion Mystery, Book 3)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>97</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="518494">
  <title><![CDATA[Raiders of the Lost Corset (Crime of Fashion Mystery, Book 4)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.47</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>95</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="518493">
  <title><![CDATA[Grave Apparel (Crime of Fashion Mystery, Book 5)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.70</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>71</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="2322364">
  <title><![CDATA[Armed and Glamorous (Crime of Fashion Mystery, Book 6)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Byerrum]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/287931.Ellen_Byerrum]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.49</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>57</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
</book>
      </books>
</author>
</GoodreadsResponse>