Stacy Dittrich is an award winning 15-year law enforcement officer and former detective specializing in sex crimes. With past training by former FBI Behavioral Specialist, and bestselling author, Roy Hazelwood, Stacy is certified through the National Institute of Truth Verification as an examiner (CVSA- lie detector). Stacy has also been assigned to a federal drug task force that resulted in arrests from California to Mexico and has been involved in the investigations of numerous homicides. In 2002, Stacy received the Victim’s of Crime Award from former Ohio Attorney General, Jim Petro. A certified law enforcement instructor, Stacy is also a media consultant in the area of law enforcement.  Prior to her law enforcement career, Stacy explored a brief modeling career in New York, where she appeared in Allure Magazine.

Stacy is the author of the upcoming CeeCee Gallagher thriller series about a female detective. Stacy, and her novel, The Devil’s Closet, about a serial child killer inspired by a case she investigated, were recently featured on CNN’s Nancy Grace. The Devil’s Closet will be featured at BookExpo America in Los Angeles, CA May 28-June 1, 2008. The first novel debuts October 2008, and the second follows in June 2009.

Stacy is a member of the International Thriller Writer’s Association, Sisters In Crime, and a regular contributor on Women in Crime Ink, a new web blog made up of an impressive group of award-winning true-crime authors, print and broadcast journalists, crime novelists, producers for CNN and CBS News, television personalities, and criminal justice professionals. She has appeared as a law enforcement commentator on War On Crime and CNN. Stacy comes from a long line of law enforcement as her husband, father, and uncles are police officers. Stacy Dittrich currently resides in Ohio with her husband and two daughters.