Delia C. Pitts

DELIA PITTS worked as a journalist before earning a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. After careers as a U.S. diplomat and university administrator, she left academia to write fiction. Delia is the author of the Vandy Myrick mysteries, featuring a Black private investigator in New Jersey. She won the Shamus award for best private investigator novel and was an Anthony award finalist. She is also the author of the Ross Agency mysteries and several short stories. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Crime Writers of Color.