When Janna Rollins isn't writing, she likes to sit on the front porch and thumb through New England-based magazines while drooling over the pictures. She has a love of red barns, goats, and genealogy. She is the author of the Zen Goat Mysteries, as well as the Hometown Hardware Mysteries written as Paula Charles. Janna is a member of Sisters in Crime, the national chapter, and the Columbia River chapter. She lives in Washington state with her extremely patient husband and a gaggle of furry and feathered creatures.