DJ Steele, a graduate of the University of Georgia, was one of the first female foresters hired in the private sector where she worked in the timber industry for over twenty years. Prior to writing her own thrillers, Declared Dead & Night Moves, she edited seven award-winning novels for her husband, also a thriller writer. She enjoys research and weaving historical facts into her work of fiction.

 She lives in Northern Colorado where she is working on her third novel.