Award-winning and bestselling mystery author Margaret Maron is best known for her Deborah Knott series, set in Maron’s native North Carolina, and the Sigrid Harald series featuring an NYPD detective. Her first novel starring Judge Deborah Knott, Bootlegger’s Daughter, was critically acclaimed and won a slew of awards (the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for Best Novel). In 2008, Maron received the North Carolina Award for Literature, the highest civilian honor the state bestows on its authors
