Authors
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Hal AckermanHal Ackerman has been on the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for the past twenty-four years and is currently co-chair of the screenwriting program. For more information, please visit www.halackerman.net |
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DC BrodDeborah (Deb) Brod has written fiction most of her life, but didn’t think she had a novel in her until after she graduated from Northern Illinois University with an M.A. in journalism. www.dcbrod.com |
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Bill CameronBill Cameron lives with his wife and a menagerie of critters in Portland, Oregon. His stories have appeared in Spinetingler, The Dunes Review, The Alsop Review. He is a member of Friends of Mystery and International Thriller Writers. www.billcameronmysteries.com |
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Angela S. ChoiAngela S. Choi is a writer who lives in San Francisco, California, where she refuses to be anyone’s mother or hole-in-a-mattress. Born in Hong Kong, she is proficient in the art of profanity in both Cantonese and English. www.angelaschoi.com |
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Reed Farrel ColemanCalled a hard-boiled poet by NPR‘s Maureen Corrigan, Reed Farrel Coleman is the former executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America. www.reedcoleman.com |
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Loren D. EstlemanSince the appearance of his first novel in 1976, Loren D. Estleman has written more than 65 books and hundreds of short stories and articles. lorenestleman.com |
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Peter GadolPeter Gadol graduated from Harvard College, edited the literary magazine The Harvard Advocate, and was for two years a fiction intern at The Atlantic. petergadol.com |
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John GalliganJohn Galligan was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and is now a native of Madison, Wisconsin, where he teaches college writing. johngalligan.com |
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Victor GischlerVictor Gischler is the author of 5 novels. His debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. His website is here. |
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Carolyn HainesMystery novelist Carolyn Haines was born May 12, 1953, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The daughter of two journalists, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1974 and went on to work at several newspapers in the region. www.carolynhaines.com |
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Victoria HoustonIn her teens and 20s, mystery author Victoria Houston was the classic hometown girl who couldn’t wait to leave her small Wisconsin town. She has not only returned to her hometown, Rhinelander, but she has based her popular mystery series in the region’s fishing culture. www.victoriahouston.com |
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Lynn KostoffLynn Kostoff is a professor of English at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. He has also taught at the University of Alabama, Indiana State University, and Bowling Green State University in Ohio where he received his MFA in fiction. lynnkostoff.com |
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Michael ListerMichael Lister is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright who lives in Northwest Florida. A former prison chaplain, Michael is the author of the “Blood” series featuring prison chaplain/detective, John Jordan. michaellister.com |
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Mary LogueMary Logue is an award-winning poet and mystery writer. She was born and raised in Minnesota. Her most recent books are Snatched, a middle-grade mystery she wrote with Pete Hautman; Poison Heart, her seventh crime novel; and Meticulous Attachment, her third book of poems. marylogue.com |
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Craig McDonaldEdgar®—nominee Craig McDonald is an award-winning journalist, editor and fiction writer. His short fiction has appeared in literary magazines, anthologies and several online crime fiction sites. www.craigmcdonaldbooks.com |
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Scott O’ConnorScott O’Connor lives in Los Angeles. His 2004 novella Among Wolves was praised by the Los Angeles Times Book Review for its “crisp, take-no-prisoner’s style” and hailed the author as “one to watch.” His website is found here. |
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Randall PefferRandall Peffer is an instructor at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He is the author of the Cape Islands Mystery series, the Civil War at Sea series, and a variety of non-fiction works. www.randallpeffer.com |
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Jeff ShelbyJeff Shelby is the author of the Noah Braddock novels, a high school English teacher, a basketball coach, and a dad. He is a connoisseur of sandwiches and hamburgers. jeffshelby.com |
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Nathan SingerNathan Singer is a novelist, playwright, composer, and experimental performing artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of A Prayer for Dawn, Chasing the Wolf, and In the Light of You. nathansinger.net |
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Robert WardA native of Baltimore, Robert Ward has worked as a novelist, professor, screenwriter, producer and actor. His first effort was the critically acclaimed novel Shedding Skin, which won the National Endowment of the Arts award for first novel of exceptional merit. robert-ward.com |
