LOIS M. GENTRY was born and reared in Peoria, Illinois. She now lives in Arizona and provides an exciting new voice to the mystery genre. Her characters come to life on the written page. Her love of storytelling began as a child but lay dormant for years. The thought, like a Lorelei, lured her to become a novelist. Lois’s earlier experience of owning an antique business informs the background for this story. THE EMPTY CHAIR is a second book by this author. Her first publication, GROWING UP A SHADOW, was a nonfiction account of her life.