Weslynn McCallister, pseudonym, Jamie Cortland was born in Evansville, Indiana and raised in Roswell, New Mexico. A published novelist and an award winning poet, she is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Mystery Writers of America, and is a founding member of the Florida Writers Association. Educated in the fine arts, she has worked as a high fashion model, graphic designer, and as a real estate agent. Her hobby is ballroom dancing. Today, she lives in southwest Florida near the Gulf of Mexico.