Ellen Byron

Author of the bestselling Cajun Country Mystery Series and the Catering Hall Mysteries. Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and multiple Best Humorous Mystery Lefty Awards from Left Coast Crime. Writes the bestselling Catering Hall Mysteries under the pen name, Maria DiRico. Author of the award-winning plays, Graceland, Asleep on the Wind, Election Year, and So When You Get Married. On the editorial board for the UCLA Extension Writers Program books, Cut to the Chase and Inside the Writers Room. Ellen was born in New York, not Los Angeles. She attended Tulane University and resides in Los Angeles.