S. D. Tooley

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Sandra D. Tooley is a mystery and urban fantasy novelist who publishes as S. D. Tooley and Lee Driver. Her books have won a number of awards.

Biography

The author was raised in a suburb south of Chicago, Illinois, and she currently resides in Northwest Indiana. She cites Nancy Drew, Stephen King,[http://www.sdtooley.com/AboutMe.htm Tooley's Personal Website] and James Patterson[http://www.themysteryreader.com/nf-tooley.html New Faces 13 - S. D. Tooley], The Mystery Reader, April 5, 1999 as her primary influences.

As S.D. Tooley, she writes the Sam Casey Mystery series which is set in a suburb south of Chicago. The series features Samantha Casey, a Detective Sergeant with the ability to speak with the dead. She has also published The Skull, the first installment in the Remy and Roadkill Mystery series for ages 12 to 112, under this name.

As Lee Driver, she writes the Chase Dagger Mystery series which is set in a fictional suburb of Northwest Indiana. The series features a private detective "who seems to inherit the most unusual cases." Dagger's assistant, Sara Morningsky, is a young Native American woman who has the ability to transform into a hawk or wolf. His pet, a scarlet macaw named Einstein, has a photographic memory.

Besides print editions, all of her titles are available in audio book from Books in Motion and as eBook downloads in all formats from Smashwords.com. Four of her titles are also in large print from Ulverscroft.