Nadine Doolittle

Nadine Doolittle was born in 1960 in Comox, British Columbia, the third daughter of an RCAF mechanic and his Scottish wife. A graduate of Vancouver's prestigious Studio 58 Theatre Program, her career detoured from acting to casting for film and television with Toronto's Alliance Films, and finally to writing for the award-winning weekly newspaper, The Low Down to Hull and Back News.

Her debut novel, Iced Under was shortlisted for Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2009 (Crime Fiction). Her second book, The Grey Lady, was published electronically by Toronto's McArthur and Company in 2011 and has been re-released by the author. The River Bride is her third mystery-suspense in the series.

Nadine has two grown children, two stepdaughters, a cat, a dog and a grandson. She lives with her partner Tim in a beautiful house on 22 forested acres overlooking the Gatineau Hills, Quebec where she writes full time.

The author is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada