Hilary Schmidt

Jazz flautist and soprano saxophonist. Born 1951 in Glens Falls, NY, USA. Hilary grew up an anonymous member of a family tribe of nine kids. She left home at age seventeen and drifted in and out of various music jobs. During her days as a professional musician, Hilary often took odd jobs to tide her over between gigs. She worked as a NYC cabdriver, a waitress, a florist, a bank teller, a telephone marketer and, inadvertently, a receptionist in a Sutton Place Brothel. After a brief career as a Columbia Recording artist she finished a B.A. and M.A. in music. Some time after that she pursued a career as a thriller author.