"Longtime journalist Gwen Florio moved to fiction in 2013 with her first novel, MONTANA, which won the Pinckley Prize for Debut Crime Fiction and a High Plains Book Award. Four more novels followed in the Lola Wicks crime series, termed ""gutsy"" by the New York Times. SILENT HEARTS (Atria), a standalone novel set in Afghanistan, was published in 2018. BEST LAID PLANS (Severn House) was released in the United Kingdom in 2020 and United States in early 2021, and a new series (Crooked Lane) featuring a young public defender is set for publication in fall 2021. She lives in Missoula, Montana."
Praise for The Truth of it All: Florio invests her characters with humanity, along with touches of humility. -Kirkus Reviews Gwen Florio is the real deal, a terrific writer with a unique and powerful style of her own. The Truth of it All is a winner on every level-hot button issues, moral dilemmas, believable characters, everything that makes a legal thriller work. Highly recommended. -John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series A page-turner from the opening sentence. Public Defender Julia Geary is a character to root for in a red-hot case that strikes a town at its very core. I couldn't read fast enough. Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series Gripping, timely, thoughtful . . . and a damn good read. -Michael Kaufman, author of The Last Exit Praise for Gwen Florio: A first-rate writer. -Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author Gorgeous, illuminating, resonant, thrilling. -Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year, on Silent Hearts Florio achieves what few others can in the field of crime fiction. -J. J. Hensley, award-winning author of Resolve and Measure Twice Gwen Florio weaves a compelling tapestry. -Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire mysteries