As Good as Dead (31 page)

She’d have to ask him when she got home—and maybe, just maybe, this time if he asked her, she’d say yes.

Internationally known author and speaker,
Patricia Rushford
has book sales totaling over a million copies. She has written numerous articles, authored over forty books, including
What Kids Need Most in a Mom, Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today,
and
It Shouldn’t Hurt to Be a Kid
. She also has a number of mystery series: the Jennie McGrady Mysteries for kids and the McAllister Files, the Angel Delaney Mysteries, and the Helen Bradley Mysteries for adults. Her latest releases include:
Terminal Nine, Dying to Kill,
and
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
.

One of her mysteries,
Silent Witness
, was nominated for an Edgar by Mystery Writers of America and won the Silver Angel for excellence in media.
Betrayed
was selected as best mystery for young adults in the
Oregonian
(1997) and won the Phantom Friends Award.
Sins of the Mother
, a romantic suspense, won the Golden Quill for Inspirational Romance Award.

Patricia is a registered nurse and holds a master’s degree in counseling. In addition, she conducts writers worshops for adults and children and is co-director of Writer’s Weekend at the Beach. She is also the director for the Oregon Christian Writer’s Summer Conference. Pat has appeared on numerous radio and television talk shows across the U.S. and Canada. She lives in the Portland area with her husband. For more information, a complete list of her books, or to contact Patricia personally, go to her website at
www.patriciarushford.com