Rene Averett

Rene Averett is a cozy mystery author, low carb cook, and full-time wrangler of three opinionated cats and one delightfully scatterbrained toy poodle. After years as a technical writer in the gaming industry, she traded instruction manuals for fictional murders and never looked back.

From her home in Reno, Nevada, Rene writes mysteries filled with humor, heart, and a touch of the paranormal. When she isn’t solving crimes on the page, she shares recipes on her Skinny Girl Bistro blog, plays her guitar, and writes a Substack newsletter where she chats about whatever fascinates her—from music and figure skating to Americana and the occasional delightful tangent.

She writes fantasy and paranormal suspense as Lillian I. Wolfe, suspense romance as Riona Kelly, and all her cozy mysteries under her real name.