Delia C. Pitts is the author of the Ross Agency mystery series, featuring private eye SJ Rook. The books in this contemporary noir collection include Lost and Found in Harlem, Practice the Jealous Arts, and Black and Blue in Harlem. Her latest novel is Pauper and Prince in Harlem. She is a former university administrator and U.S. diplomat. After working as a journalist, she earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. She has published over sixty fan fiction stories and novellas under the pen name Blacktop. Delia and her husband live in central New Jersey, too far away from their twin sons, who live in Texas.