DONNA ANDREWS is a winner of three Agatha Awards, the Anthony and Barry Awards, a Romantic Times Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of MWA, Sisters in Crime, and the Private Investigators and Security Association. Andrews lives in Reston, Virginia. The Gift of the Magpie is the 28th book and seventh Christmas mystery in the Meg Lansglow series.