Cherie O’Boyle is the author of the award-winning Estela Nogales mystery series, Fire at Will’s (2014), Iced Tee (2015), Missing Mom (2016), and Deadly Disguise (2017), set in the fictional village of Arroyo Loco in the central coastal mountains of California. Cherie is Professor Emerita of Psychology at California State University, San Marcos. While serving in that role, her History of Psychology: A Cultural Perspective, a nonfiction textbook about the history and philosophy of science and psychology was published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Prior to adopting her current career as a writer of mysteries, and before earning her PhD in Psychology, Cherie owned and operated a general building contracting firm and worked as a framing and roofing carpenter. She was raised in the San Francisco East Bay area and still lives today in Northern California.

Cherie happily squeezes in as much time with her fictional Arroyo Loco friends as she can, in between adventures with friends, family, and her real life border collies, Shiner and Sky. Shiner is titled in flyball and sheepherding and is currently training to compete in agility and dock-diving. Sky walks nicely on a leash.