Gayle Trent is a ‘cozy mystery’ author whose work combines quirky characters like Daphne Martin with merriment and suspense for small town adventures in Murder Takes the Cake - the first book in the Daphne Martin Cake Decorating Mystery Series

Gayle writes a cozy embroidery mystery series for NAL/Penguin under the pseudonym Amanda Lee. The first book in that series is due to be released in August of 2010. If you're a hobby enthusiast, be sure to visit Gayle's blog on Mondays and Wednesdays to read "Killer Cakes" and "Sew Deadly" (respectively), newsletters written by the heroines of Gayle's mystery series.