Jodé Millman is the author of legal suspense novels set in her lifelong home of Poughkeepsie, New York, as well as the bestselling SEATS: NEW YORK Theatre guidebook. Her debut thriller, The Midnight Call, won the 2020 American Fiction Award for Legal Thriller and was recognized as "Best Police Procedural" by Chantireviews.com. Millman is also an attorney, founder of the Hudson Valley Fiction Writers Workshop, a contributor to Booktrib.com and the New York Journal of Books, and co-host of the podcast "Backstage with the Bardavon."