NAACP Image Award-nominated author, L.S. Stratton, discusses her latest release, IN DEADLY COMPANY. When an executive assistant’s boss is found dead, suspicion abounds. The public wants to know everything they can about that night, but the truth about whether she is guilty or innocent is her truth to tell. "Stratton truly can do it all when it comes to mysteries!"—CrimeReads Listen in as we chat about whether tolerance is a super power or a super weakness, the importance of mentorship, and why I need to see a therapist after my response to one of her characters! https://www.mariesutro.com/twisted-passages-podcast https://www.shellyellisbooks.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Shelly Stratton (who also writes under the penname Shelly Ellis) is an editor at a trade journal. She became an author when she was selected as one of four finalists in the BET Books First-Time Writers Contest when she was 19 years old. The prize was having her first short-story romance published in an anthology. Since then, she has authored ten books and has been nominated for various awards, including a NAACP Image Award® in the Literary Fiction Category, an African American Literary Award in the romance category, and a RT Reviewers’ Choice Award. Shelly lives in Maryland with her husband and their daughter. She loves to paint, read, and watch movies.