Judy Melinek MD

Judy Melinek, M.D. & T.J. Mitchell are the New York Times bestselling co-authors of the memoir Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Scribner) and the novels First Cut and Cross Cut (Hanover Square). Dr. Melinek studied at Harvard and UCLA, was a medical examiner in San Francisco for nine years, and today works as a forensic pathologist in Oakland and as CEO of PathologyExpert Inc. T.J. Mitchell, her husband, is a writer with an English degree from Harvard, and worked in the film industry before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad to their children. First Cut, the debut novel in the Jessie Teska detective series, launches in hardcover on January 7, 2020. Cross Cut, its sequel, is coming in 2021.