Sharman Jean Burson earned her BSE degree from the University of Alabama where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She later received her MSE from Troy University. She is a wife, mother, amateur genealogist, Master Gardener, teacher and sometime adjunct history professor, freelance writer, short story writer, karaoke singer, and webmaster for Southern-style.com, a general interest website. "Whatever I am generally interested in goes on the website." Ramsey also writes historical fiction under the name of Sharman Burson Ramsey -- a family saga published by Mercer University Press beginning with Swimming with Serpents and continuing with In Pursuit. She divides her time between Dothan, Alabama, and Panama City, Florida, with her husband. They have two daughters and a son, three granddaughters and two grandsons. Mint Juleps Mysteries is a series of books set on Waverly Plantation in Cox County, Alabama. Crème de Cassis and Murder is the first. Look for sequels: Mint Juleps and Murder, and Mayans, Muscadine and Murder. Sharman Jean Burson Ramsey and her sister, Dr. Sylvia Jane Burson Rushing, have also written a Wakefield Plantation History and Cookbook. Wakefield inspired the Mint Julep series. Contact her at sharmanramsey@gmail.com and visit: http: //sharmanbursonramsey.com. http: //sharmanbursonramsey.blogspot.com