Growing up in Toledo, Ohio, Kathyrn Crabtree wanted two things: to write and to be Nancy Drew, a fearless, curious, and intelligent girl detective. While Nancy Drew’s family supported her independence and sleuthing skills, Crabtree’s parents discouraged her from a writing career, convincing her to focus on something more practical.
As a result, Crabtree pursued nursing while authoring a humor column for a local newspaper and articles for nursing journals. Nancy Drew’s problem-solving skills continued to inspire Crabtree, who started a nurse aide training center, which evolved into a Homecare Agency that she operated for 20 years before moving to Portland, Oregon. Her Doctorate in Nursing Education degree provided Crabtree the opportunity to teach nursing students at a local university.
Retired from teaching, Crabtree writes human interest pieces for her neighborhood paper while devising adventures for her Nancy Drew-inspired amateur sleuth, Nancy Drouillard, Crabtree’s older and wiser investigator.
The Mystery of the Smoldering Mattress is the first in a series of Nancy Drouillard Mysteries where a woman of a certain age, often invisible to many, finds it as an advantage. The bad guys never see her coming.
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