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Author Description Born in New York City, T. C. LoTempio is the national bestselling author of <i>Meow If It’s Murder</i>, the first in the <i>Nick and Nora Mystery</i> series. <br /><br />She has been a staff reporter at the young adult magazine <a href="http://www.susabellapassengersandfriends.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Susabella Passengers and Friends</a> for more than a decade. <br /><br />While Toni LoTempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper. <br /><br />Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She lists among her favorite mystery/suspense writers Erle Stanley Gardner, Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson, as well as EJ Copperman, Steve Hockensmith, Victoria Laurie, Ali Brandon, Rita Mae Brown, Miranda James and Sofie Kelly to name only a few! <br /><br />Toni is also passionate about her love for animals, as demonstrated with her four cats: Trixie, Princess, Maxx and, of course, ROCCO, who not only provided the inspiration for the character of Nick the cat in the Nick and Nora mystery series, but who also writes his own blog and does charity work for Nathan Fillion’s charity, <a href="http://tclotempio.com/kids-need-to-read/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kids Need to Read</a>! <br /><br />Toni’s also devoted to miniseries like The Thorn Birds, Dancing with the Stars, reruns of Murder She Wrote and Castle (of course!). <br /><br />She (and ROCCO, albeit he’s uncredited) pen the Nick and Nora mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime.<br /><br />She, Rocco and company make their home in Clifton, New Jersey, just twenty minutes from the Big Apple – New York

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