Barbara D'Amato

Barbara D’Amato is an author best known for writing the Cat Marsala Mystery series, the Figueroa and Bennis series, and the Dr. Gerritt Degraaf Mystery series. She has won numerous awards in her career including the first annual Mary Higgins Clark Award, the 1998 Carl Sandburg Award for Excellence in Fiction and the 1999 Readers Choice Award for Best Police Procedural. D’Amato is a native of Michigan, but later moved to Chicago where she has spent much of her life. In addition to her work as a writer, she has also worked as an assistant surgical orderly, carpenter for stage magic illusions, assistant tiger handler, stage manager, and as a researcher for attorneys in criminal cases. Get notified when Barbara D'Amato releases a new book at BookNotification.com.