Rosie Pease hails from small-town Rhode Island, where the nearest stoplight was two miles away and she knew to come home when her mom whistled or when the streetlights came on. She has also lived in Vermont, New York, and Ohio. She uses the places she’s been as inspiration for the settings of her cozy mysteries, pulling the theater from one, the cider mill from another, and the river from yet another to create fictitious towns that feel familiar.

She collects Funko Pops of the Doctor Who, DC TV, and Marvel variety, with a few others thrown in for fun. Her desk is a mess, but she can find everything on it, so it works for her as long as things aren’t falling onto the keyboard when she writes.

When she’s not crafting cozy mysteries, she’s playing with her daughter, hanging out with her husband, or being amused by her two catnip-loving ginger tabbies.