Christa Nardi is and always has been an avid reader. Her favorite authors have shifted from Carolyn Keene and Earl Stanley Gardner to more contemporary mystery/crime authors over time, but mystery/crime along with romance and scifi/fantasy are her preferred choices for leisure reading. Christa also has been a long time writer from poetry and short stories to the Cold Creek series, Christa has joined many other reader/writers in writing one genre she enjoys reading – the cozy mystery. Murder at Cold Creek College is the first in the series. The fifth in the series - Murder and a Wedding - came out in August 2017. She authors two other series, the Sheridan Hendley series which is a spin off of the Cold Creek series, and the Stacie Maroni mysteries. Christa Nardi is co-author with Cassidy Salem of a mystery series for tweens, teens, young adults and the young at heart - the Hannah and Tamar Mystery Series.