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Lisa Black

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Born
Cleveland, OH, The United States
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Lisa Black spent the happiest five years of her life in a morgue. Strange, perhaps, but true. After ten years as a secretary, she went back to school to get a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Cleveland State University. In her job as a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes.
She had her life sorted out just the way she liked it until her husband got fed up with Cleveland snow and moved them to Florida, 1400 miles away from her family and her career. Not that she’s bitter or anything. Now she works as a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Analy
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Lisa Black Unfortunately not for another year--That Darkness should be out in May 2016.
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Unfortunately not for another year--That Darkness should be out in May 2016.
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Which short series (3-6 books) would you like to read for the first part of 2014? (We will have a second short series group read later on in the year!)

Smokey Barrett by Cody McFadyen {4 Books}
 
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Sophie Anderson by P.D. Martin {6 Books}
 
  6 votes, 21.4%

Theresa MacLean by Lisa Black {6 Books}
 
  3 votes, 10.7%

Graveyard Queen by Amanda Stevens {4 Books)
 
  3 votes, 10.7%

Dead Series by Mariah Stewart {4 Books}
 
  3 votes, 10.7%

Evan Delaney by Meg Gardiner {5 Books}
 
  2 votes, 7.1%

Kenzie & Gennaro by Dennis Lehane {5 Books}
 
  2 votes, 7.1%

Jo Beckett by Meg Gardiner {4 Books}
 
  1 vote, 3.6%

Anna Curtis by Allison Leotta {4 Books}
 
  1 vote, 3.6%

October Daye by Seanan McGuire {7 Books}
 
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An Underwater Investigation by Kathy Brandt {4 Books}
 
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