Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Dale Kesterson is a writer, editor, actress, singer, and character voice artist who enjoys living in the middle of nowhere in a town so small it doesn't have a red-yellow-green traffic light. Having lived in a variety of locations, she draws on her life experiences for plots and characters. Her first published short story appeared in the award-winning anthology Tales of the Interstellar Bartenders Guild, now out of print. Currently, her primary work is The LAUREN KAYE MYSTERY series, published by Jumpmaster Press, in addition to short stories in other magazines and anthologies. No matter what the writing project she tackles, her goal is to engage her readers with characters crafted as friends.