Barbara Taylor Sissel

Barbara Taylor Sissel writes issue-oriented, upmarket women's fiction threaded with elements of suspense and defined by an emphasis on how crime affects family. She is the author of ten novels: The Last Innocent Hour , The Ninth Step , The Volunteer , Evidence of Life , Safe Keeping , Crooked Little Lies , Faultlines , The Truth We Bury , What Lies Below , and Tell No One . Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sissel was raised in various locations across the Midwest. She once lived on the grounds of a...See more

Barbara Taylor Sissel writes issue-oriented, upmarket women's fiction threaded with elements of suspense and defined by an emphasis on how crime affects family. She is the author of ten novels: The Last Innocent Hour , The Ninth Step , The Volunteer , Evidence of Life , Safe Keeping , Crooked Little Lies , Faultlines , The Truth We Bury , What Lies Below , and Tell No One . Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sissel was raised in various locations across the Midwest. She once lived on the grounds of a first offender prison facility, where her husband was a deputy warden. Interacting with the inmates, their families, and the people who worked with them made a profound impression on her. The experience gave her unique insight into the circumstances of the crimes and the often-surprising ways the justice system moved to deal with them. An avid gardener, Sissel has two sons and lives on a farm outside Austin in the Texas Hill Country. See less