Death at a Fixer-Upper (25 page)

Authors: Sarah T. Hobart

PHOTO: B. A. WHITNEY

S
ARAH
T
.
H
OBART
is a writer and real estate agent on the rugged northern California coast. A former newspaper reporter, Ms. Hobart obtained her real estate license in 2007, and quickly distinguished herself as the only North Coast agent known to have closed a deal using a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and a Snickers bar. Writing as Muriel Wills, she is the author of the novels
Good Bones
and
Like a House on Fire
. She lives with her husband and two children in a majestic fixer-upper overlooking State Highway 101.