Dorothea Fuller Smith is a retired French and Spanish teacher who has written for the literary review of her college, St. Louis Community College (St. Louis MO).

She also wrote a feature article, "Maid of Orleans" which was published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

The author specializes in short stories about contemporary life and poetry.

She became intensely involved in the events of this non-fiction title, Two Codes for Murder, based on a crime which was committed against her daughter in San Diego, California. As the terrified mother of the victim, the author writes with authority and conviction and all the events have touched her personally and deeply.