DC Brod is an American author from Illinois who, per her official website, attended two Beatles concerts in her younger days. She lists as her writing influences Tolkien's
Lord of the Rings, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert's
Dune, Harper Lee's
To Kill A Mockingbird, among others. Her published work includes 2005's
Heartstone (a modern day Authurian thriller), a series of novels about head of security Quint McCauley (from 1989 to 2000, available in the Kindle format) and 2010's
Getting Sassy, the first novel starring freelance writer Robyn Gutherie.
