Letha Albright, author of the critically acclaimed Viv Powers series, has worked at newspapers, in a sawmill and as a wilderness guide. The debut of her first novel, Tulsa Time, made the list of Best Books of 2000 in Mystery News , who called it a dark, gritty, hard-edged first novel. Letha's second mystery, Daredevil's Apprentice , won accolades from the Detroit Free Press as a subtle, suspenseful, well-plotted mystery with a stirring evocation of Cherokee history and culture. The third book in the series, Bad Luck Woman, was called "highly entertaining, with a wonderful sense of place." Letha's publisher is Avocet Press.