JOANNE FLUKE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder, Coconut Layer Cake Murder, Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. That first installment premiered as ""Murder, She Baked- A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery"" on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel, and has since been followed by five more TV movie adaptations based on the series and starring Alison Sweeney. Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke was born and raised in a small town in rural Minnesota, but now lives in Southern California. Visit Joanne online at JoanneFluke.com.