Krissy Baccaro

KRISSY is an Award-Winning Finalist of the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Best Mystery/Cozy Mystery and the 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction. In 2022, the Page Turner Awards shortlisted her debut mystery novel, Buried Secrets, for Best Cover.

Krissy was born and raised in Upstate New York in the charming town of Fairport, where she has taught for over 25 years. She and her husband live in Fairport, New York, and Venice, Florida.

Krissy remembers her love of reading as a young child and how she couldn’t get enough of outstanding books such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit. Her love of mystery was first revealed within the pages of From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg and Nancy Drew’s mystery series. She mostly reads mystery, suspense, and thriller novels, and also enjoys fantasy and historical fiction.

Some of her favorite suspense/thriller authors are Janelle Brown, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Jewel, and Mary Kubica.

Krissy is a proud member of Sisters in
Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and several online writing communities.

Krissy teaches writing and reading to 5th-grade students and enjoys sharing her love of writing and reading with her students. When the school day ends, the writing begins, and there is never enough time for that.

Krissy resides in upstate New York, not far from Skaneateles, where the Ella Perri Mysteries began.