Austin, D. M.: - D.M. AUSTIN lives with her husband and their teenage son in their home county of Yorkshire. As a mature student, D.M. Austin studied Primary Teaching for two years and Education Studies for the final third year at York St John University before graduating with First Class honours. A Christmas Murder of Crows is D.M. Austin's debut novel, introducing Inspector Gilbert Dunderdale as a Golden Age detective. When not writing, D.M. Austin can be found hill walking, mountain biking, drawing or snuggled in her reading corner reading fiction and non-fiction across a range of genres.