Barbara Fradkin is a retired child psychologist with a fascination for why we turn bad. She has published at least thirty short stories and sixteen novels, as well as four Rapid Reads short novels. Many of her works have been shortlisted or won Awards of Excellence from Crime Writers of Canada.

She is the author of three mystery series but is probably best known for her gritty, psychological mysteries featuring quixotic, exasperating Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green. The long-running series has earned her two Best Novel Awards of Excellence, as well as two additional nominations. Her Amanda Doucette series features an adventurous, passionate foreign aid worker who battles her own traumatic past to help people in trouble. The twelfth Inspector Green mystery, SHIPWRECKED SOULS, will be published by Dundurn Press in January 2025.