Tessa Wegert

Tessa Wegert is the author of the popular Shana Merchant mysteries, which include Death in the Family (a Book Riot, Crime by the Book, and SheReads.com Best Locked Room Mystery), The Dead Season (“Chilling psychological thriller meets gripping police procedural”— Hank Phillippi Ryan), Dead Wind (Publishers Weekly starred review), The Kind to Kill (a Strand Magazine Top 25 Mystery Novels of 2022 pick), and the upcoming Devils at the Door. A former journalist, digital media strategist, and brand copywriter, Tessa’s work has appeared in Forbes, HuffPost, Adweek, and The Economist. She grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Connecticut, where she studies martial arts and is co-president of Sisters in Crime CT.