Books By Wendy Church - Author

Wendy Church, PhD, is the author of the Shadows of Chicago mysteries. Knife Skills, the first in the series, received a Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews. Her debut novel, and the first in the Jesse O'Hara series, Murder on the Spanish Seas, was named by Booklist as a Top 10 Debut Mystery & Thriller of 2023. Wendy's also authored a variety of nonfiction works, including a PhD dissertation in bioresource engineering, a few textbooks and book chapters on global issues, and a number of inappropriately long Facebook posts about navigating gluten free pizza, and the relationship between yoga and Lord of the Rings. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her partner and several animals.