Carol L. Wright escaped a career in law and academia for writing Mysteries & More. She loves working on her Gracie McIntyre cozy mysteries, set in a New England college town, where, unlike in life, justice always prevails. The first in the series, DEATH IN GLENVILLE FALLS, was named a Finalist for the 2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award and Finalist in the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

In addition, she has several short stories in literary journals and award-winning anthologies in a variety of genres. She has collected some of her favorites in A CHRISTMAS ON NANTUCKET and Other Stories, published in 2019.

Raised in Massachusetts, she is married to her college sweetheart. They now live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with their rescue dog and clowder of cats.

You can learn more on her website (https://CarolLWright.com) or follow her Facebook page at Carol L Wright, Author.

Although Michael Bracken is the author of several books—including the hardboiled private eye novel "All White Girls" and the young adult romance "Just in Time for Love"—he is best known as the author of more than 1,200 short stories. He has written in nearly every genre but has been most successful with women's fiction and hardboiled crime fiction, two genres that couldn't be more unalike.

Recipient of the 2016 Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for lifetime achievement in short mystery fiction, Michael is also an Edgar Award nominee, a Shamus Award nominee, and a three-time recipient of the Derringer Award for his short mystery fiction, with three additional nominations.

Additionally, Michael is the editor of Black Cat Mystery Magazine and editor of several crime fiction anthologies, including the Anthony Award-nominated The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods and the three-volume Fedora series, and stories from his anthologies have received or been short-listed for the Anthony, Derringer, Edgar, Macavity, Shamus, and Thriller awards.

He has contributed articles to "The Writer" and other writing publications, contributed a chapter to the writing textbook "Many Genres, One Craft," is one of five authors featured in "Writing Erotica," and is extensively quoted in "The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists." He regularly speaks about writing, editing, and publishing to audiences across the U.S. and Mexico.

Additional information about Michael, including a selected bibliography and his speaking schedule, is available at: www.CrimeFictionWriter.com. He is one of a rotating group of crime fiction writers who blog at SleuthSayers.org.

Joseph S. Walker is an Edgar-nominated writer of crime and mystery short fiction. His work has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, The Front Line, Flash, and a number of themed anthologies. He lives in Indiana. Follow him on Twitter (@JSWalkerAuthor) and visit his website at jswalkerauthor.com.

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Kaye George is a novel and short-story writer. She writes the People of the Wind pre-history Neanderthal mysteries, published by White City Press, the first nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel.

Also two traditional series: Cressa Carraway musical mysteries, the first a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award; and the humorous Texas Imogene Duckworthy series, the first nominated for an Agatha for Best First Novel.

And these cozies: the Fat Cat series set in Dinkytown, Minneapolis (all Barnes & Noble best-sellers) written as Janet Cantrell; the latest written as Kaye George, Vintage Sweets series set in Fredericksburg Texas.

Her suspense novel, SOMEONE IS OUT THERE, will be released by Rowan Prose Publishing in early 2025.

More than fifty of her short stories have appeared online, in anthologies, magazines, her own collection, one thrillogy, and her own anthology of eclipse stories, DAY OF THE DARK. “Handbaskets, Drawers, and a Killer Cold,” nominated for an Agatha for Best Short Story; Austin Mystery Writers’ MURDER ON WHEELS, Silver Falchion Award winner; and in 2019 “Grist for the Mill” (in the anthology MURDER OF CROWS) was nominated for a Derringer and an Agatha.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Guppies, Authors Guild of TN, Austin Mystery Writers, and lives in Knoxville, TN where she is the co-founder of Smoking Guns, the local Sisters in Crime chapter.

Starting with a pad of paper, then moving to a plastic orange Smith Corona typewriter, and now to my trusty laptop, I have always enjoyed the puzzle of finding the right word, phrase or plot twist. I've published both non-fiction and fiction. I'm excited about my upcoming nonfiction release, She Soars: Trailblazing Female Pilots in Florida (Sept. 17, 2024, Pineapple Press) with the exciting stories of 14 pioneering women in aviation history.

In fiction, my legal mystery, Deadly Sacrifices won a Royal Palm Literary Award (2d place - unpublished mystery) from the Florida Writers Association (FWA). I also published an underwater fantasy novel, Bridles of Poseidon, a children's book, The Little Dusties - The Roar of the Silver Dragon (illustrator, Michelle Bakay), and numerous short stories in mystery and scifi/fantasy anthologies. I am a member of the FWA, Sisters in Crime, Inc., Citrus Crime Writers (Central Florida chapter of SinC), and the Women's Fiction Writers Association. For fiction, I'm represented by Nalini Akolekar, Spencerhill Associates.

I live and write in SW FL and enjoy kayaking, walking along the harbor, batting around pickleballs, and taking terrible golf swings with my husband, Dave. Thanks for taking a peek at my author page.