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		Susan P. Baker
		Susan P. Baker serves on the Editorial Board of The Texas Center for the Judiciary's official publication, "In Chambers." She was a district court judge in Texas from January 1, 1991 until December 31, 2002, and still sits by assignment. Earlier, she practiced law for eight years. While in law school at South Texas College of Law, Susan worked as an adult probation officer. Susan spearheaded a drive for courthouse security in Galveston County beginning in 1990. The idea for MURDERED JUDGES of the 20TH CENTURY came after she began researching courthouse violence to document the need for security. In the 1970s, Susan was a founder of the Women's Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County. She later served on the board and volunteered at the center. After taking office, she was instrumental (in Galveston County) in the founding of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program for volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children, Operation Outreach, a prison visitation program for delinquent youth, For Kid's Sake, a parenting program for parents in the court system, and Mediation in family law cases. In 1997, Susan wrote and won two grants to reform the court system in child abuse and neglect cases and thus Galveston County began a model court program for the state of Texas. In 1999, Susan was a founder of the Texas Chapter of the AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts), an organization of professionals collaborating to improve the lot of children and families in the court system. She served as President of the Texas Chapter of the AFCC in 2000-2001. In July 2002, the Women's Resource and Crisis Center honored her with their Helping Hands Award. Susan's 20+ years of working in various capacities with families and children in crisis, and witnessing the heartbreak and meanness of litigation, lead to the writing of her book, HEART OF DIVORCE: Advice from a Judge. Prior to running for office, Susan wrote and published her novel MY FIRST MURDER, A Mavis Davis Mystery, (AuthorHouse, 2004)(St. Martin's Press, Inc. 1989). Susan has served as Regional Vice-president (President) of the Southwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and is currently a member of Sisters in Crime, Private Eye Writers of America, International Women Writers Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and Authors Guild. She also is a current member of AFCC and the National Association of Women Judges. Born and raised in Texas, Susan spent the majority of her life in Galveston and has recently moved to the Texas hill country. She enjoys traveling and has visited every state in the U.S. as well as Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Italy, Okinawa, Mexico, The Bahamas, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, and Sweden. She is married, the mother of 2 children, and the grandmother of 5 children. Susan loves to read, sew, craft, swim, walk, cook, entertain, and talk politics.
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	*Death Of A Prince* (Five Star) ©2005, 293pp. hard cover $25.95		Criminal defense attorney Sandra Salinsky is hired to defend Kitty Fulton for the murder of Kitty's father, plaintiffs' attorney Phillip Parker. The case is more complicated than it first appears, sine Parker was Salinsky's mother's best friend. Salinsky and her mother, Erma Townley, are law partners. Although Fulton claims she is innocent, Sandra soon learns that Kitty had millions of reasons to off her father, and not all of them were about money. To make matters worse, Edgar Saul, the prosecutor from hell, is assigned to the case. Sandra and Erma put their heads together to try to figure out who really killed Phillip. It seems that everyone has a different story of the events on the night of the murder. One thing is certain, though, someone stole the victim's watch and ring, which could turn a murder into a capital murder, a death penalty offense. Sandra's greatest desire is to find the killer before her client is indicted and put to trial for capital murder. The other suspects in the case are: Bubba Caruthers, the caretaker of the beach house where Phillip lived while in Galveston; Sandra's boyfriend, Stuart Quentin, the decedent's law partner; Kitty's boyfriend, Raymond Rivers, an associate at Phillip's law firm; and Phillip's long-time girl friend, Elizabeth Haynes. Before this case is over, Sandra will risk everything to solve a crime that leads into the very pillars of Galveston society, and put herself in danger to capture a killer who will take no chances in making her the next victim.
	Murdered Judges Of the Twentieth Century and Other Mysterious Deaths (Sunbelt Eakin Press) ©2004, 222pp. paperback $26.95		*********** Although there have been individual books published about famous murder cases, collections about serial murders, regional murders, unsolved murders, and almost every other kind of murder collection one can think of, this book is the first collection of its kind. There are no less than 42 different chapters, each a different murder story - fascinating! "Judge Susan Baker has not only created a well-researched work, but has made it a darn good read. It's loaded with the kind of action and suspense found in adventurous fiction, but it's more fascinating and enjoyable because it's all absolutely true." - Ronald F. Vella, CSR, Official Court Reporter **********
	*Heart Of Divorce* Advice from a Judge (Sunbelt Eakin Press) ©2004, 124pp. paperback $21.95		For over twenty years, Susan Baker witnessed the pain and unhappiness of the family law arena. She watched while people engaged in destructive behavior, litigation, spent their life savings, raised dysfunctional children, and generally led unhappy lives that revolved around the next court date. Additionally, the judge observed that there were many people who did not wish to engage the other party in battle but could not find a resource to assist them in concluding their relationship in a peaceable manner. Judge Baker decided to write a simple handbook to assist those who are engaged in making such important life changes. In Heart of Divorce, the reader will find a self-help manual that covers everything from assisting the party in making the decision to separate, to how to take care of oneself during the transition, to how to have a nondestructive life after divorce regardless of whether there were children.

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