D.M. Pulley lives in northeast Ohio with her husband, her two children, and a dog named Hobo. Before becoming an Amazon best-selling author, D.M. Pulley worked as a Professional Engineer rehabbing historic structures and assessing building failures. Her survey of a vacant building in Cleveland inspired her debut, THE DEAD KEY, winner of the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Her latest Gothic thriller, STONE MAD, unravels the disturbing history of a Gilded Age mansion and a trail of missing girls.