Our idyllic Hudson Valley is beautiful on the outside, but beneath the surface lurks the darkness of notorious true crimes. In this class, local author Jodé Millman will explore the headline-making crimes that inspired her award-winning “Queen City Crimes” mystery series, and how fiction can be deadlier than true crime. You may be surprised to learn that a murderer lived next door!

Jodé Millman is the multi-award-winning author of THE EMPTY KAYAK, HOOKER AVENUE and THE MIDNIGHT CALL, which are the first three installments in her true-crime inspired “Queen City Crimes” Series. The books and series have won The Clue Award, Independent Publisher Award, Independent Press Award, and American Fiction Award, and have been Finalists for the Silver Falchion and Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. She’s an IP attorney, a reviewer for Booktrib.com, the host/producer of The Backstage with the Bardavon podcast, and creator of The Writer’s Law School. Jodé lives with her family in the Hudson Valley, where she is at work on her next legal thriller, inspired by local true crimes and the law.