Barbara Parker

Barbara Parker, 62, died early Saturday morning (March 7) surrounded by her family at the Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton after a long illness. Read Oline Codgill's story in the Sun Sentinel.

After a career as an attorney, Parker found a new calling as a mystery writer. She wrote 12 mystery novels. No surprise, most of her mysteries were about Miami lawyers. To read more about Barbara Parker's wonderful career in her own words, go here.

If you'd like to leave a message about how her writing affected you, go here.

Her many fans will miss her immensely.