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Laurel Dewey, who first appeared on DailyLit in An Unfinished Death, is a uniquely powerful suspense writer who has created an affecting and unforgettable character in Denver Police Detective Jane Perry. Readers have responded passionately to Jane’s combination of raw intensity, surprising vulnerability, and professional brilliance. All of this is on display in Dewey’s short fiction, five original pieces of which DailyLit is offering one-per-month, leading up to the release of Dewey’s first novel, Protector, in February 2010.

For the second Jane Perry story, "You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover," Dewey has chosen to give Jane her own blog. Allowing Jane to speak directly to readers, Dewey tells the tale of a presentation Jane gives to schoolchildren (the kind of thing she hates doing), the unusual boy she meets there, and the shocking connection she makes with him.

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Copyright 2009 by Laurel Dewey. All rights reserved.

About the Author

Laurel Dewey was born and raised in Los Angeles. She began her career working in public relations for such celebrities as Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra before writing a string of mystery radio plays for Los Angeles radio networks. She is the author of two nonfiction books on plant medicine, a Silver Spur nominated Western novella, and hundreds of articles. She appeared as a featured guest on more than 300 national radio and television programs and she has lectured extensively across the United States and Canada. She is the author of two novels featuring detective Jane Perry, Protector and Redemption. To write the Jane Perry novels, Dewey immersed herself in detailed research, interviewing Colorado homicide detectives and traveling on "ride-alongs" with street cops. She lives in Western Colorado with her husband, where she is at work on the third Jane Perry Novel.

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I want to be upfront with everyone who is reading this blog. I had to be talked into writing it. You see, I’m a very private person and I’m not someone who readily opens myself up to others. I’ve always been like that since I was a kid. When somebody showed a passing interest in me or in my ...

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Copyright 2009 by Laurel Dewey.

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