With thirty-five years’ experience as a Forensic Scientist, D. M. O’Neal retired from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. Her experience spans drug chemistry, recovery of buried and/or skeletal remains, processing major crime scenes and the collection and preservation of trace evidence from homicide victims. As an emeritus member and former president of the Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists, she was an ANAB assessor of forensic laboratories around the world. 

In community service, Michelle served several years as a committee member for the non-profit DFW Writers’ Workshop Conference and sat as the Board President for The Samaritan House/Samaritan Villages. 

Through her experience gained as a single parent, drug analyst, and crime scene investigator, Ms. O’Neal shares her experiences and adventures with a twisted sense of fiction in her debut novel SHAMBLES and the sequel, SHATTERED.