ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mary Adler writes the Oliver Wright WWII Mysteries set in northern California, her home, where she creates habitat for pollinators and admits to being in a co-dependent relationship with her two rescue dogs from Mexico. She is active in Sisters in Crime and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Her latest short stories appear in Bethlehem Writers Roundtable and Malice Domestic’s Mystery Most Devious. Find out more at MaryAdlerWrites.com.

Allison Baxter has taught high school English as a Second Language for 29 years. She has published short fiction and nonfiction pieces. Her most recent publications include short fiction, “Anamnesis,” in The Examined Life Journal: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, a mystery, “On Ice,” in Mystery Magazine, and flash fiction, “Faith,” published in Meaningful Conflicts: The Art of Friction, an Off Campus Writers’ Workshop Anthology. She is the secretary of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland and lives with her family and Max, a basset doodle who is so cute that no one cares when he eats their slippers.

Venita Bonds is a Registered Nurse and author of four historical romance novels. A former Longridge Writers Group instructor and technical writer for an intelligence agency, she is a copy editor for The Astro Restoration Project and Killer Nashville Magazine. She pens health-related articles for The Lions Club News. Her Southern folk tales have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, The No Sleep Podcast, and The Huntsville Historical Review. She currently writes paranormal mysteries set in Louisiana. Her “Southern Folks and Ghosts” blog can be found at www.venitabonds.com.

Susan Daly writes short crime fiction as her way of crusading for social justice. Her stories have appeared in a surprising number of anthologies, and “A Death at the Parsonage” won the Arthur Ellis Award for best short story from the Crime Writers of Canada. She lives in Toronto and hangs out with Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, and other known criminal types. She can be tracked down at www.susandaly.com.

Mary Dutta is the winner of the New England Crime Bake Al Blanchard Award for her short story “The Wonderworker,” which appears in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories. Her work can also be found in numerous anthologies including the Anthony-nominated Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Visit her at marydutta.com and enjoy her blog at Writers Who Kill.

Since winning the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award in 2014, Tracy Falenwolfe’s stories have appeared in over two dozen publications including Woman’s World, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Mystery Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, Flash Bang Mysteries, Crimson Streets, and several Chicken Soup for the Soul volumes. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Find her at www.tracyfalenwolfe.com.

Kate Fellowes is the author of six mysteries, including A Menacing Brew, which was a featured title in First for Women magazine. Her short works have appeared in many anthologies, and periodicals including Victoria, Woman’s World, Brides, and Romantic Homes. Winner of the San Diego Public Library’s Matchbook Short Story contest, she met the challenge to craft a mystery just fifty words long. A founding member of the Wisconsin Chapter of Sisters in Crime, her working life has revolved around words—editor of the student newspaper, reporter for the local press, cataloger in her hometown library. She blogs at http://katefellowes.wordpress.com.

Bonnie Finn’s love for mysteries began with Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew, devouring both series as a kid. Those childhood favorites sparked a passion for creating her own tales of intrigue fueled by two simple words: “What if?” Originally from Rhode Island, she moved to Vermont after falling in love with a funky, rustic log cabin nestled deep in the woods. There, she lives with her long-time partner, John, and their sweet Yellow Lab/Golden Retriever mix, Abbie. Surrounded by colorful maples and rolling hills, she is currently writing a ghostly, cozy mystery set in Vermont, with her pooch lounging nearby.

Geneviève Goggin is the author of creative non-fiction and made-up stories appearing in Flash Fiction Magazine, The Short Story Show, Friday Flash Fiction, WIRED, 101 Words, and others. Her stories have been included in anthologies and have won or been short-listed for contests, including the Federation of BC Writers 2023 literary contest. She is mining her career in national parks to write her first mystery novel set in the coastal wilds near Vancouver, Canada, where she lives. Find her at www.genevievegoggin.com.

Margaret S. Hamilton wrote “Voices in the Caves” after a trip to southwestern France. She has published over thirty short stories including “Pickup at the Main Street Diner” in Put Out the Lights and Cry. Her debut amateur sleuth mystery, What the Artist Left Behind, is on submission. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and blogs monthly on Writers Who Kill. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two standard poodles. https://margaretshamilton.com.

Still sane(ish) after 27 years of teaching high school English, Vinnie Hansen has retired and plays keyboards with ukulele groups in Santa Cruz, California, where she lives with her husband and the requisite cat. She also writes crime fiction. A Claymore and a Silver Falchion finalist, Vinnie is the author of the Carol Sabala mystery series, the novels Lostart Street and One Gun, as well as over sixty published short works. Level Best Books will re-issue One Gun in 2024 and publish her new suspense novel, Crime Writer, in 2025.

Born in Jamaica and raised in Atlanta, Ann Michelle Harris is a lawyer by day who writes crime, romantic suspense, and fantasy. She is a Maggie finalist, a double finalist in the Pages From the Heart contest, and a finalist for the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award from Sisters in Crime. Her short story “Changeling” is featured in the grifter crime anthology Hook, Line, and Sinker. Her YA fantasy novel North debuts in January, 2025. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Atlanta Writers Club, and Georgia Romance Writers. Find her at annmichelleharris.com.

Beth Irish is a health sciences librarian who writes professionally for information science, medical, and consumer health publications, but has always dreamt of writing a mystery. After attending her first Murderous March conference, she found her kindred spirits in the Mavens of Mayhem, Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime. She joined SinC, the Guppy Chapter, and the Mavens in 2021. She’s served as the Mavens’ President as she writes her first cozy mystery.

Erin Jori began her writing career as a journalist covering high school sports for her local newspaper. Her interest in crime writing took root while working as a production assistant at Court TV. A content marketer by day, she recently completed her first suspense novel and is revising a second. Erin lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.

Sharon P. Lynn is a midwestern writer with a background in small town journalism, seasoned with academic writing, poetry, and public relations. She is a Guppy steerer, treasurer of Wisconsin Sisters in Crime, and past board member of SinC Chicagoland. She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and is a recent finalist of the Midwest Region’s Hugh Holton Award. Find her at sharonplynn.com.

For 20 years, as a producer for the America’s Most Wanted TV show, Cindy Martin traveled the world chasing down fugitives and interviewing law enforcement and victim’s families. Her short stories include “Malice Challenge” [Paradise is Deadly (2023)], “Grave News” [Notorious in North Texas Anthology (2024)], and “Key to the Past” [Crimes in the Old Dominion Anthology]. Cindy is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. When Cindy isn’t writing her debut thriller, she’s teaching killer fitness classes. She lives in South Florida with her husband, three daughters, two cats and two dogs.

Sally Milliken’s short stories have appeared in the wedding anthology Malice, Matrimony and Murder and the online magazine Stone’s Throw, but her published credits began in Hook, Line, and Sinker: the 7th Guppy Anthology for which she is eternally grateful. She also is the 2023 winner of the Golden Donut Award of the Writers’ Police Academy, and she won the First Prize in the Bethlehem Writers Group 2023 Short Story Contest. She is working on her first novel, a historical mystery set in 1882 and based in coastal Massachusetts, where she lives with her family. Visit her at sallymillikenauthor.com.

Lisbeth Mizula, happy Guppy and member of SINC, has written and performed her own stand-up comedy material, published short fiction in local and national publications, and collected wins in writing contests. She has a horror/romance novella in the editing stage and is currently working on a humorous mystery set in Good Deeds, Texas—the small bay town where good deeds are legally required of all residents every Tuesday, the only acceptable excuses being jail, institutions, or death. Lisbeth lives with her husband, brother, and a dog named Noodle.

Shizuka Otake is a writer born in New York City. In her twenties, she lived in Tokyo for four years, and now wishes she had a magic door between the two cities. She loves mystery novels, Japanese TV, and traveling—a.k.a. prowling bookstores and eating. Shizuka writes about identity and the need to find home. In 2022, she won Sisters in Crime’s Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award.

Mystery and suspense author Cynthia Rice is a physician living in the Milwaukee area and a proud member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Her debut novel The Last Broken Girl was released on June 3rd, 2024; the novel won the 2023 Claymore Award in the category of suspense. When she is not working on her next novel, Cynthia keeps busy reading, traveling, and playing mediocre tennis and golf. She lives with her two cats, Clarice (NOT named for Silence of the Lambs) and Porkchop.

Linda Ryea Richard's love affair with the written word began before she could read. Fearing another round of "Hickory Dickory Dock," adults would flee when the toddler approached, clutching her book of nursery rhymes. In high school, she entertained readers with a weekly newspaper column. Linda then spent four decades as an educator and judicial administrator, collecting stories that now fuel her fiction. "Two If By Sea" introduces Lucinda and Luanne, feisty identical twins from her novel-in-progress. Linda resides on a picturesque Vermont lake with her husband and a Miniature Schnauzer, the latter who harbors delusions of being a Doberman.

KM Rockwood draws on a varied background for her stories, including as a special education teacher in inner city and alternative schools. In addition, she has worked as a laborer in manufacturing facilities and supervised an inmate work crew in a large state prison. She is currently retired. Published works include the Jesse Damon Crime Novel series (Wildside) and numerous short stories.

Nina Wachsman is a former art director and illustrator who studied under Maurice Sendak at Parsons School of Design. She has published stories in mystery and horror magazines and anthologies, and The Gallery of Beauties, her debut novel, was nominated for an Agatha and a Silver Falchion. Its sequel, The Courtesan’s Secret received a 5-star recommendation from the Historical Fiction Company, and the third book in the series will be published by Level Best Books in September 2024.