KERRIE M. DROBAN heads her own private law firm where she specializes in criminal defense and capital litigation. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars where she studied with playwright, Edward Albee and with poets, Jon Anderson and Carolyn Kizer. Published excerpts of her collection of poems entitled, "The Language of Butchers" have earned numerous awards including the Academy of American Poet’s Award, New Letters International Poetry Award, Poet Lore Award, Amelia Encore Award and the Daniel Shockett Award.

In addition to poetry, Kerrie Droban’s published novels include, In the Company of Darkness and The Watchman’s Circle which won the Daphne Du Maurier Award for excellence in suspense writing. Her non-fiction, true crime book entitled Running with the Devil: The True Story of ATF’s Infiltration of the Arizona Hells Angels, is scheduled to be released in June 1, 2007 by Lyons Press. Critics have compared Kerrie’s writing to Patricia Cornwell and Tami Hoag and have described her novels as "riveting, compelling and shocking" filled with "heart-stopping action" and at times "terrifying characters" "who will live in our thoughts for a long time to come."

Kerrie Droban was a contributing author to a search and seizure manual distributed to APAAC (Arizona Prosecutors Association) and has participated in over thirty felony jury trials, authored over fifty legal briefs, one of which, State v. Ring was heard by the United States Supreme Court and resulted in the remand of over 180 death penalty cases nationwide.