June Whyte lives in Elizabeth, South Australia with her husband, Jim, and two of her three now-grownup children. A former middle school and high school teacher, June successfully trained greyhounds to Group finals, plus rode her horses in dressage, show jumping and cross-country competitions. And through it all, she's always dreamed of being an author. She wrote her first full-length story (with chapters) when she was nine-years-old – Donald McDonald in Texas – a story involving a rather extraordinary boy who rode buck-jumpers in a rodeo. And when she penned her first murder mystery, Murder Behind Bars, it resulted in her fifth-grade teacher questioning her home life. Now retired, June’s favorite part of the day is sitting in front of her computer, drawing on her knowledge of life, greyhounds and horses to create humorous mysteries for both adults and younger teens.