Darby Patterson was an award-winning journalist who now is the author of several books, with The Song of Jackass Creek as her debut mystery novel. The book centers on character, place, and plot and falls comfortably within the Cozy Mystery Genre. The novel receives extremely positive reviews, with calls for a sequel which is in progress. Darby now lives in a small town in the Sierra that reflects the setting of The SOng of Jackass Creek.
