Ellen Crosby

Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee Ellen Crosby's 14th wine country mystery--A CULTIVATED DEATH--will be published on January 5, 2027 in hardcover and as an audio book; the ebook will be available on December 15, 2026. The books have been optioned as a possible television series by December Films. Crosby has also written 4 mysteries featuring international photojournalist Sophie Medina and MOSCOW NIGHTS, a standalone. Previously she was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, an economist at the US Senate, and Moscow reporter for ABC Radio News. She serves on the national board of Mystery Writers of America, and is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Literary Society of Washington. She lives in the Washington, DC suburbs of northern Virginia after living and working abroad for many years.