{"title":"Colleen Cambridge","description":"Colleen Cambridge is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the American in Paris Mysteries, the Lincoln's White House Mystery series, and the Phyllida Bright Mysteries, the first of which, Murder at Mallowan Hall,  was an Agatha Award finalist and an Indie Next Pick. The first American in Paris Mystery, Mastering the Art of French Murder, was both an Indie Next Pick and a LibraryReads selection. An accomplished historian whose meticulously researched novels appeal to fans of historical fiction and mysteries alike, she also writes under the pennames C.M. Gleason, Colleen Gleason, and Alex Mandon. 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