One Too Many

Rae James grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed the masters Public Policy Program at California State University at Hayward. From there she was recruited to join the State of California's Legislative Analyst's Office where she drafted legislation affecting local and regional issues. Later she was appointed Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles. After a career in public service, she sought her first love-writing, and published ten books by Camel Press. James won a best fiction award from Northern California Publishers and Authors. Her Hollis Morgan Mysteries series was sold to A&E/Lifetime for a TV movie series. This success was followed by a new second series--the Johanna Hudson Mysteries.James served as Chair on the Bouchercon board, an international mystery organization. She is a member of Sisters-In Crime, Mystery Writers of America and Northern California Publishers and Authors. James lives in Northern California.