PJ Tracy was the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht, winners of the Anthony, Barry, Gumshoe, and Minnesota Book Awards. Their ten novels in the Monkeewrench series: Monkeewrench, Live Bait, Dead Run, Snow Blind, Shoot to Thrill, Off the Grid, The Sixth Idea, The Guilty Dead, and Ice Cold Heart, have become national and international bestsellers. Deep into the Dark and Desolation Canyon are the first two novels in a new series set in Los Angeles. PJ was a long-time resident of Minnesota until her death in December 2016. Lambrecht remains in rural Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis.