Brenda Buchanan

Brenda Buchanan is a crime fiction author from Maine best known for the “Joe Gale Mystery” series of novels. A Maine native, she sets most of her novels in Portland. While she pivoted towards business law in the latter part of her legal career, she did some criminal defense work early on. Over more than three decades in the law, she was fortunate enough to meet and work with many fascinating people. These people now appear in one form or another as the villains and heroes in her novels. As a sixteen-year-old teen, she got interested in journalism and went on to write an expose that criticized the huge disparity between the amount spent on girl sports as compared to that of boys. She managed to ruffle many feathers in the school but she learned a great lesson in how powerful the press can be. Brenda worked for the Boston Globe as a reporter trainer and copyboy while she was still studying for her bachelor’s at Northeastern University. She also worked at the York County Coast star as a columnist and reporter before she went to the University of Maine to study law. She currently lives with Diane Kenty her spouse in Portland, Maine.