Susan E. Sagarra is the author of the cozy mystery Cracks in the Cobblestone and the thriller Bus Stop Angels. She works as a writer, editor and community outreach consultant. She previously was the first managing editor of a St. Louis-based newspaper, West Newsmagazine, for nearly 15 years. Sagarra has worked as editor of the Show-Me Institute; the first communications director of the Gateway Section of the PGA; a sports editor for the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis (Saint Charles County bureau); and a public relations intern for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

Sagarra has earned numerous journalism awards, including first place in the National Federation of Press Women-Missouri Chapter annual contest. She also received the Missouri Women Legislators' Award for her coverage of Missouri state government.