Christine DeSmet is the national bestselling author of Hot Fudge Frame-Up and First-Degree Fudge in the Fudge Shop Mystery series. She is a winner of the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart as well as a three-time finalist. She is also a winner of the Slamdance Film Festival writing contest. A member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Romance Writers of America, Christine teaches fiction and screenwriting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.