She holds established professional relationships with prominent members of the forensic science, legal and healthcare communities. A graduate of the University of Southern California, she currently works in healthcare trade journal publishing. She is the author of three other books: Forensic Nursing (CRC Press, 2006), Forensic Science Under Siege (Elsevier, 2007) and Healthcare Crime: Investigating Abuse, Fraud, and Homicide by Caregivers (CRC Press, 2011).