Chouinard, Michelle: - MICHELLE CHOUINARD is the author of the Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco mysteries, and under another name, the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of nine previous mysteries. Michelle has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Stanford University and was one of UC Merced's founding faculty members. She lives in the Bay Area and enjoys caffeine in all forms, amateur genealogy, baking, and anything to do with Halloween or the zombie apocalypse.