D B BortonD.B. Borton is the author of two mystery series - the Cat Caliban series and the Gilda Liberty series - as well as the standalone mystery novels Smoke and Bayou City Burning and the humorous science fiction novel Second Coming. In graduate school, Boton converted a lifetime of passionate reading and late-night movie-watching into a doctorate in English. She is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio Wesleyan University.Borton currently lives with Zoe the cat in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she gardens, practices aikido, a martial art, and, of course, reads. Read More Read Less