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DONNA ANDREWS
Virginia
Although she read widely as a child, especially in fantasy and science fiction, Donna Andrews's love of mystery developed during her college years (particularly at exam time.) In the fall of 1997 she started on the road to publication by submitting her first completed mystery manuscript to the Malice Domestic/St. Martin's Press Best First Traditional Mystery contest. Murder with Peacocks was selected, and won the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Romantic Times awards for best first novel and the Lefty award for the funniest mystery of 1999. Subsequent books have also received Agatha and Lefty nominations, and Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon won the Toby Bromberg Award for Excellence (presented by Romantic Times) for the Most Humorous Mystery of 2003. Her latest book in the Meg Langslow series is The Penguin Who Knew Too Much.
Andrews also writes another series featuring Artificial Intelligence Personality Turing Hopper, which was partly inspired by her experience as a translator between the marketing and systems departments at her day job. Andrews notes that in these books she seeks to use computers and other technology accurately without making the action incomprehensible for readers who prefer whodunits to computer manuals. The first book in the series, You've Got Murder, won the Agatha award for best mystery of 2002.
A member of MWA, Sisters in Crime, and the Private Investigators and Security Association, Andrews spends her free time gardening and conquering the world (but only in Civilization IV).
Meg Langslow Mysteries:
Six Geese a-Slaying (A Meg Langslow Christmas Surprise), ISBN: 978-0312536107, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 272 pages, $22.95, October 2008.
Cockatiels at Seven, ISBN: 978-0312377151, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 320 pages, $23.95, July 2008.
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, ISBN: 978-0312997922, St. Martin's paperback, 352 pages, $6.99, August 2007.
No Nest for the Wicket, ISBN: 0312329407, St. Martin's paperback, 320 pages, $6.99, August 2006.
Owl's Well That Ends Well, ISBN: 0312997908, St. Martin's paperback, 352 pages, $6.99, March 2005.
We'll Always Have Parrots, ISBN: 0312939601, St. Martin's paperback, 352 pages, $6.99, February 2004.
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, ISBN: 0312939590, St. Martin's paperback, 320 pages, $6.99, February 2003.
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos, ISBN: 0312983190, St. Martin's paperback, 288 pages, $6.99, October 2001.
Murder with Puffins, ISBN: 0312939571, St. Martin's paperback, 320 pages, $6.99, May 2000.
Murder with Peacocks, ISBN: 0312970633, St. Martin's paperback, 311 pages, $6.99, January 1999.
Turing Hopper Mysteries:
Delete All Suspects, ISBN: 0425209028, Berkley paperback, 256 pages, $6.99, November 2005.
Access Denied, ISBN: 0425200650, Berkley paperback, 256 pages, $6.99, December 2004.
Click Here for Murder, ISBN: 0425195291, Berkley paperback, 304 pages, $6.50, May 2003.
You've Got Murder, ISBN: 0425189450, Berkley paperback, 304 pages, $6.99, April 2002.
ALLAN ANSORGE
Wisconsin
Allan Ansorge was born in Wisconsin and currently splits his time between there and Florida. He grew up in a small town where you didn't misbehave because everyone within ten miles would know about it in five minutes. It was a town where everyone under voting age knew anyone's mother could smack them if they chose to get out of line.
A four room schoolhouse didn't offer a large number of literary options but Crazy Quilt (a horse who slept in a bed covered with, you guessed it a QUILT!) and The Boxcar Children (orphan children raising themselves while they live in a... you fill in the blank!) introduced the non-academic mind to story telling.
One might think not seeing a real library until he was a freshman in high school might have stunted his appetite for reading, but in this case what had been withheld became a treasure. Picture if you will a teenage boy who actually read the articles in Playboy. The joy of the written word stayed with Allan through a career in business and brought him to authorship later in life. He says, "late is much better than never."
Crossing the Centerline, ISBN: 978-1590806357, Echelon Press trade paperback, 255 pages, $13.95, July 2009.
SANDI AULT
Colorado
Sandi Ault's first novel, Wild Indigo, won a special Edgar—the Mary Higgins Clark Award—the first time a debut novel had ever been nominated for the award. Wild Indigo was also nominated for Best First Mystery Novel by the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association. This exciting debut in the Wild Mystery Series made nine regional bestseller lists and received acclaim in reviews across the nation, including the New York Times.
Ault received two starred reviews each (Publishers Weekly and Library Journal) for Wild Indigo and Wild Inferno, the second in the series. Wild Inferno was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, and it, too, met with critical acclaim from the national media, who compare Ault's work to that of Tony Hillerman, J.A. Jance, and Nevada Barr.
Sandi Ault currently lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where—in addition to writing novels—she has until recently served as a volunteer firefighter as well as a Fire Information Officer responding locally and nationally to wildfires. Ms. Ault teaches WILD Writing Workshops, and frequently appears as a speaker on the issues of wilderness, wolves, writing, and many aspects of Indian Country, among other topics. She has served as keynote speaker for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read Program.
Ault lives with her husband Tracy, her wolf Tiwa, and her Missouri wildcat, Buckskin. They travel extensively including annual field research on ruins, petroglyphs, native culture, and wilderness. Their photographs of ruins, petroglyphs and wolves have appeared in numerous publications.
Wild Sorrow, ISBN: 978-0425225837, Berkley Prime Crime hardcover, 304 pages, $24.95, March 2009.
Wild Inferno, ISBN: 978-0425226384, Berkley Prime Crime paperback, 304 pages, $6.99, February 2008.
Wild Indigo, ISBN: 978-0425219010, Berkley Prime Crime paperback, 304 pages, $6.99, January 2007.
FRANKIE Y. BAILEY
Albany, New York
"I don't remember when I didn't write," says criminal justice professor and author Frankie Y. Bailey. "I was a shy child, and it was one of those things that I could do alone. In my teens, I discovered mysteries and wrote my first fan letter to a writer—Richard Martin Stern—who thrilled me to my toes by writing back. I even persuaded my parents to sign me up for the Famous Writers course on short stories. I never finished the course, but I did read the books they sent me on writing. I even have my graded short stories stashed away somewhere."
Bailey attended Virginia Tech and then intended to be a veterinarian, but ended up with a double major in Psychology and English. While serving in the U.S. Army as a food inspector in Seattle, she began to write fiction again. Her third book completed was non-fiction, written after Frankie finished her dissertation in criminal justice at the University of Albany. The research for that book, Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction, led her to mystery workshops and conferences and she began to think again about writing mysteries. Frankie moved back to Albany, where she teaches, and joined a writing group. "That was when I began to make a serious effort to write a mystery that I hoped might eventually be published." The result is the Lizzie Stuart series.
Fiction:
You Should Have Died on Monday, ISBN: 1570723193, Overmountain Press paperback, 208 pages, $9.95, July 2007.
Old Murders, ISBN: 1570722188, Silver Dagger trade paperback, $13.95, 202 pages, March 2003.
A Dead Man's Honor, ISBN: 1570721718 Overmountain Press trade paperback, 218 pages, $13.95, June 2001.
Death's Favorite Child, ISBN: 1570721467, Overmountain Press trade paperback, 218 pages, $14.95, October 2000.
Non-fiction:
African-American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study, ISBN: 978-0786433391, McFarland hardcover, $35, November 2008.
Albany in Prohibition: Smuggling, Gambling & Gangsters, Frankie Y. Bailey and Alice P. Green, History Press, Fall/Winter 2008.
Famous American Crimes and Trials (editor), ISBN: 0275983338, Praeger Publishers hardcover, 1500 pages, $375, October 2004.
Blood on Her Hands: The Social Construction of Women, Sexuality and Murder, ISBN: 0534197759, Wadsworth Publishing paperback, 400 pages, $39.95, August 2004.
"Law Never Here": A Social History of African American Responses to Crime and Justice, ISBN: 0275953034, Praeger Publishers hardcover, 264 pages, April 1999.
Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction, ISBN: 0313266713, Greenwood Press hardcover, 208 pages, February 1991.
MICHAEL BLACK
Illinois
Michael A. Black graduated from Columbia College, Chicago in 2000 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fiction Writing. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Northern Illinois University. Despite his literary leanings, he has often said that police work has been his life. A former Army Military Policeman, he entered civilian law enforcement after his discharge, and for the past twenty-seven years has been a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago.
The author of over forty articles on subjects ranging from police work to popular fiction, he has also had over thirty short stories published in various anthologies and magazines, including Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. His first novel, A Killing Frost, featuring private investigator Ron Shade, was published by Five Star in September 2002, and was released in paperback by Leisure Books in 2007. The novel received endorsements from such respected authors as Sara Paretsky and Andrew Vachss, and universally excellent reviews.
Windy City Knights, the second novel in the Ron Shade series, came out in March of 2004. His third novel, The Heist, a stand-alone thriller set in Chicago, is Black's third novel. He has also written two nonfiction books, The M1A1 Abrams Tank and Volunteering to Help Kids, which were published by Rosen Press.
He has worked in various capacities in police work including patrol supervisor, tactical squad, investigations, raid team member, and SWAT team leader. He is currently a sergeant on the Matteson, Illinois Police Department. His hobbies include weightlifting, running, and the martial arts. He holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. It is rumored he has five cats.
Random Victim, ISBN: 978-0843959864, Leisure Books paperback, 384 pages, $7.99, April 2008.
A Killing Frost, ISBN: 978-0843959857, Leisure Books paperback, 317 pages, $7.99, October 2007.
Freeze Me Tender, ISBN: 978-1594144714, Five Star hardcover, 346 pages, $25.95, February 2006.
The Heist, ISBN: 978-1594142772, Five Star hardcover, 292 pages, $25.95, June 2005.
KARNA SMALL BODMAN
Florida
Karna Small Bodman began her career in San Francisco as a reporter for KRON-TV as Karna Small. She then anchored the news for KGO-TV and covered breaking news stories throughout the Bay Area. She moved to Washington, DC to anchor the ten o'clock news on Channel 5, host a nationally syndicated program and a three-hour news/talk radio show. When Ronald Reagan was elected President, he named Jim Brady as his Press Secretary with Karna as Jim's Deputy. She was immediately thrust into the tough task of explaining domestic policy initiatives to members of the national press corps. But there were benefits, including being involved with the most important issues of the time, almost daily meetings with the President and traveling on Air Force One. Later, Karna became a Senior Director and spokesman for the National Security Council. She attended arms control talks with the Soviets and traveled with the team that briefed the leaders of Great Britain, France and Italy as well as Pope John Paul II. When Karna left The White House to become Senior Vice President of a Public Affairs firm, she was the highest ranking woman on The White House staff. By now, she had written TV news scripts, briefing papers for the President, newspaper columns and magazine articles, but she had always wanted to write novels.
Final Finesse, ISBN: 978-0765322524, Forge hardcover, 336 pages, $26.95, May 2009.
Gambit, ISBN: 07654319289, Forge hardcover, 304 pages, $25.95, February 2008.
Checkmate, ISBN: 0765315424, Forge hardcover, 336 pages, $24.95, January 2007.
KATHERINE BOWER
Georgia
Having written poetry and short stories, Katherine Bower now turns her attention to full-length novels, with her first published book, Cruising Backwards, a time-travel fantasy with romance and comedy.
A native of Northern Georgia, Katherine has always been an avid reader, spending at least two hours a day behind a book. And her voracious interest is especially stimulated by history, so her fiction deals with time travel, pirates and historical culture shock.
While working for her husband's custom home company, Katherine also finds time to write, and began work on her novel while on a vacation cruise with her husband, a situation in which her heroine also finds herself, under much different circumstances.
Katherine was born in Blairsville, Georgia, and still lives in the state with her husband Brian. "There's nothing like that small-town feel," she says.
Cruising Backwards, ISBN: 978-1604629729, Tate Publishing paperback, 268 pages, $15.99, August 2008.
CARL BROOKINS
Minnesota
Before he became a mystery writer and reviewer, Carl Brookins was a counselor and faculty member at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Brookins and his wife are avid recreational sailors.
He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Private Eye Writers of America. He can frequently be found touring bookstores and libraries with his companions-in-crime, The Minnesota Crime Wave.
He writes the sailing adventure series featuring Michael Tanner and Mary Whitney. The third novel is Old Silver. His new private investigator series features Sean NMI Sean, a short P.I. The first is titled The Case of the Greedy Lawyers. Brookins received a liberal arts degree from the University of Minnesota and studied for a MA in Communications at Michigan State University.
The Case of the Deceiving Don, ISBN: 978-1594146770, Five Star hardcover, August 2008.
Bloody Halls, ISBN: 1590805701, Echelon Press Publishing paperback, 260 pages, $13.49, January 2008.
The Case of the Greedy Lawyers, ISBN: 1594143199, Five Star hardcover, 267 pages, $25.95, September 2005.
Old Silver, ISBN: 1929976324, Top Publications paperback, 259 pages, $14.95, February 2005.
A Superior Mystery, ISBN: 1929976171, Top Publications paperback, 302 pages, October 2002.
Inner Passages, ISBN: 1929976010, Top Publications paperback, 262 pages, $14.95, June 2000.
KATE CARLISLE
Venice Beach, CA
Kate Carlisle's debut novel, Homicide in Hardcover, the first book in the Bibliophile Mystery series, will be released by NAL in February 2009. A lifelong love of old books and an appreciation of the art of bookbinding led Kate to create the Bibliophile Mysteries, featuring rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright, whose bookbinding and restoration skills invariably uncover old secrets, treachery and murder. In Homicide in Hardcover, a priceless—and supposedly cursed—copy of Goethe's FAUST draws Brooklyn into a murder investigation that only she can solve—with the help of clues she uncovers within the valuable book. Kate spent twenty years in television production before turning to writing. She lives with her husband in Venice Beach, California, and online at katecarlisle.com.
Homicide in Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0451226150, Signet paperback, 304 pages, $6.99, February 2009.
ANNE CARTER
Valencia, CA
Pam Ripling, who writes under the name Anne Carter, is the author of five published novels and a variety of fictional shorts. She writes a monthly column for the Chamber of Commerce Valley Business News, and resides in Valencia, where she is also a PTA board member and married mother of three.
She maintains two websites and several blogs, and publishes a monthly digital newsletter.
Pam/Anne is also a serious lighthouse fanatic, and wrote about a lighthouse in Point Surrender. She is currently working on another paranormal romantic suspense and a young adult mystery.
She has published credits in the THEMA Literary Journal and PEACE Magazine, as well as other publications, and has written for young adults, including the novel Locker Shock!, to be published early in 2008.
Point Surrender, ISBN: 1590805145, Echelon Press paperback, 288 pages, $12.99, May 2007.
In Too Deep, ISBN: 1590889657, Wings ePress paperback, 255 pages, $15.95, March 2002.
StarCrossed Hearts, ISBN: 1590889992, Wings ePress paperback, 385 pages, $16.99, February 2002.
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JANE CLELAND
New York, NY
Jane K. Cleland, author, curriculum developer, and corporate trainer and facilitator, has more than 20 years experience, but she never stops adding accomplishments. She specializes in management (i.e., developing supervision skills, facilitating meetings, priority and time management), marketing (i.e., creating effective marketing plans, marketing to tourists, ROI marketing), and business communications (i.e., writing, listening, and presentation skills).
Now, her first mystery novel, Consigned to Death, published by St. Martin's Minotaur, is beginning a new career for Cleland, as a successful mystery author. Building on her experience owning an antiques store in New Hampshire, Cleland creates a sleuth who deals in antiques but finds herself involved with a brand-new murder.
Jane has developed content used by scores of corporations and government agencies throughout North America, as well as organizations in Europe and Asia. She regularly designs and implements training projects focusing on time management, meeting facilitation, e-mail marketing, business writing, and constructing proposals that win new business.
Jane's had four books published and has scripted and presented two training videos on communication topics, most recently, Business Writing for Results (McGraw Hill). Other titles include Putting First What Matters Most, How to Create High-Impact Design and How to Create High-Impact Newsletters. In addition, she has written articles published in professional journals and magazines on meeting facilitation, time management, priority-setting, customer service, and niche marketing.
Jane's M.B.A. is from Babson College (Wellesley, MA) in management and marketing, and her B.A. is from the University of Denver in communications.
Antiques to Die For, ISBN: 0312368275, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 320 pages, $23.95, April 2008.
Deadly Appraisal, ISBN: 0312343663, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 320 pages, $23.95, April 2007.
Consigned to Death, ISBN: 0312347251, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 388 pages, $23.95, April 2006.
JEFFREY COHEN
New Jersey
Jeffrey Cohen started out his writing career as a trade journalist, covering the consumer electronics business. Since 1985, he has been a freelance reporter and writer, writing for such publications as The New York Times, TV Guide, USA Weekend, Premiere, American Baby and The Newark Star-Ledger, among many others. He is also the author of more than 20 feature-length screenplays. His work has been developed by Jim Henson Productions, CBS, Gross-Weston Productions, Ken Walz Productions and others. Cohen lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.
A Night at the Operation, Berkley paperback, April 2009.
It Happened One Knife, ISBN: 978-0425222560, Berkley paperback, 304 pages, $7.99, July 2008.
Some Like it Hot-Buttered, ISBN: 042521799X, Berkley paperback, 304 pages, $6.99, October 2007.
Guns A'Blazing, ISBN: 1931282803, AAPC trade paperback, 215 pages, $19.95, February 2006.
As Dog Is My Witness, ISBN: 1890862436, Bancroft Press trade paperback, 280 pages, $16.95, November 2005.
A Farewell to Legs, ISBN: 1890862290, Bancroft Press hardcover, 288 pages, $19.95, November 2003.
For Whom the Minivan Rolls, ISBN: 1890862185, Bancroft Press hardcover, 272 pages, $19.95, October 2002.
The Asperger Parent: How to Raise a Child with Asperger Syndrome and Maintain Your Sense of Humor, ISBN: 1931282145, Autism Asperger Publishing Co. paperback, 260 pages, $19.95, October 2002.
MEREDITH COLE
New York
Meredith Cole grew up outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. She is a
graduate of Smith College where she majored in Women's Studies and
minored in Film. She spent a semester as an undergraduate at New
York University's Tisch School of the Arts studying film, and then
wrote and directed the documentary "We Grew Up on a Commune" as her
Smith Scholar Project senior year. She went on to receive her
Master's degree from American University in Film and Video Production
where she was a Teaching Assistant and Master Scholar.
She wrote and directed the dramatic feature, "Floating", about a group of friends growing up and apart. It premiered at the New York Film and Video Festival in 1998, and received a Kodak Film grant. Her second feature, "Achilles' Love", was a romantic comedy shot on 35mm. It was released by Castle Hill in 2000 and was called "...a valentine to the warm ties of Pittsburgh's Greek Americans and to the bumpy road of love" by the New York Times.
Meredith's screenplays have placed in the finals the Chesterfield, as well as other competitions. She was named a Playwriting/Screenwriting fellow by the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2004.
She won the St. Martin's Press/Malice Domestic best traditional first mystery contest with her book Posed for Murder and it will be released in 2009. Her short story "Out in the Cold" was accepted into a Sisters in Crime anthology Murder in New York. She is a member of both Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and currently serves on the board of the local chapter.
Posed for Murder, ISBN: 978-0312378561, St. Martin's Press hardcover, 256 pages, $24.95, February 2009.
BARBARA COLLEY
Louisiana
"So how did I get started writing?" Barbara Colley asks. "I was trying to be a good, conscientious mother. When my oldest daughter was a young teenager, Harlequin Presents began arriving through the mail. Without my knowledge, my daughter had subscribed, and I decided I should read a few to make sure they were suitable for someone her age. I deemed that they were suitable, but a funny thing happened. The more I read, the more I wanted to read. Then I came to a point when I began to believe that I could write 'one of those.'"
She did indeed, with the Charlotte LaRue series, now six books strong, and a number of romances from Harlequin. Colley also loves "meeting and talking to my readers at booksignings, I love shopping at the malls, and watching and playing tennis. Sailing is fun too, but it's not often I have the time or opportunity to do that any more. The most fun thing of all though, is playing with my sweet grandchildren. So far I have six: three boys and three girls, all ranging in ages from three to thirteen."
Wash and Die, ISBN: 0758222513, Kensington hardcover, 256 pages, $22, February 2008.
Scrub a Dub Dead, ISBN: 0758207670, Kensington paperback, 256 pages, $6.99, January 2007.
Married to the Mop, ISBN: 0758207654, Kensington paperback, 288 pages, $6.99, January 2006.
Wiped Out, ISBN: 0758207638, Kensington paperback, 256 pages, $6.50, February 2005.
Polished Off, ISBN: 1575668785 Kensington, Paperback, 288 pages, February 2004.
Death Tidies Up, ISBN: 1575668769, Kensington paperback, 288 pages, $6.50, February 2003.
Maid for Murder, ISBN: 1575668742, Kensington paperback, 288 pages, $5.99, February 2002.
Women's Fiction:
Rachel's War, ISBN: 0373198566, Harlequin paperback, 448 pages, $5.99, January 2007.
JULIE COMPTONJulie Compton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the setting for her first novel, Tell No Lies. After practicing with private firms early in her legal career, she most recently worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Wilmington, Delaware, where she worked on some of the largest corporate bankruptcies in the nation. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, with degrees in law and English literature.
Now at work on her second novel for Macmillan, Julie also writes short stories, poems, essays and blogs, and she is a columnist to Lake Mary Life Magazine. Although her legal background influenced her decision to portray the characters in Tell No Lies as lawyers, the heart of much of what she writes—including this novel—involves the everyday domestic dramas and relationships between people.
Though a lawyer by profession, Julie is currently a stay-at-home mom in Longwood, Florida, where she lives with her husband Rick, two daughters and a myriad of pets. In addition to writing, she enjoys reading, running, music, and spending time at the beach. She volunteers her time both at her daughters' schools and as a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children.
Tell No Lies, ISBN: 0312378750, St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover, 368 pages, $24.95, May 2008.
ALAN COOK
California
After spending more than a quarter of a century as a pioneer in the computer industry, Alan Cook is well into his second career as a writer.
In addition to The Hayloft, Alan has written other mystery novels, including Hotline to Murder, a mystery that takes place at a crisis hotline in Bonita Beach, California. When a listener is murdered, Tony and Shahla team up to uncover the strange worlds of their callers and find the killer.
His Lillian Morgan mysteries, Catch a Falling Knife and Thirteen Diamonds, explore the secrets of retirement communities. They feature Lillian, a retired mathematics professor from North Carolina, who is smart, opinionated, and skeptical of authority. She loves to solve puzzles, even when they involve murder. Alan's short story, "Hot Days, Cold Nights," appears in the Mystery Writers of America anthology, A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver.
Alan splits his time between writing and walking, another passion. His inspirational book, Walking the World: Memories and Adventures, has information and adventure in equal parts. It has been named one of the "Top 10 Walking Memoirs and Tales of Long Walks" by the walking website, walking.about.com. He is also the author of Walking to Denver, a light-hearted fictional account of a walk he did.
Run Into Trouble, ISBN: 978-1438923505, AuthorHouse trade paperback, January 2009.
Honeymoon for Three, ISBN: 978-1434309501, AuthorHouse trade paperback, 268 pages, $14.49, July 2007.
The Hayloft, ISBN: 1425942210, AuthorHouse trade paperback, 268 pages, $14.49, June 2006.
Hotline to Murder, ISBN: 978-1420838251, AuthorHouse trade paperback, 316 pages, $14.95, March 2005.
Walking the World: Memories and Adventures, ISBN: 978-1414020402, 1st Books Library trade paperback, 332 pages, November 2003.
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (anthology), edited by Jeffrey Deaver, ISBN: 978-0425188392, Berkley hardcover, 400 pages, February 2003.
Catch a Falling Knife, ISBN: 978-1931743471, FirstPublish trade paperback, 222 pages, April 2002.
Thirteen Diamonds, ISBN: 978-1929925322, FirstPublish trade paperback, 172 pages, October 2000.
Walking to Denver, ISBN: 978-0961726898, Satori Press trade paperback, 269 pages, 1998.
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DAVID CORBETT
Northern California
In 1983, David Corbett joined the private investigation firm of Palladino & Sutherland in San Francisco, figuring the job might provide a little material here and there. He stayed thirteen years. During that time, he worked on a number of high-profile criminal and civil litigations, including the Lincoln Savings & Loan Case, The Cotton Club Murder Case, The People's Temple Trial, the Michael Jackson case and a RICO civil litigation brought by the Teamsters against former union leaders associated with organized crime. In 1995, he eased out of private investigation work to open a small law practice with his wife, Terri, specializing in probate litigation, estate planning and small business law. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in September, 2000, and in January, 2001, passed away at age 46. David continues to reside in northern California.
Blood of Paradise, ISBN: 0812977335, Random House Mortalis paperback, 448 pages, $9.95, March 2007.
The Devil's Redhead, ISBN: 0449007162, Ballantine Books paperback, 416 pages, $6.99, June 2002.
Done for a Dime, ISBN: 0449007154, Ballantine Books paperback, 368 pages, $13.95, July 2003.
JOSHUA CORIN
Georgia
Joshua Corin grew up to a strapping 5'8"' in Rhode Island, a lovely state you've never been to and which is roughly the size of Yosemite National Park. He spent seven years at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and all he got to show for it was a Bachelor's degree, two Master's degrees, three consecutive assistantships, and mononucleosis.
Joshua went on to work on the Broadway revival of "The Rocky Horror Show" and then teach English at a yeshiva. He moved to Atlanta in 2004, where he currently is an instructor in English and theatre at the Newton Campus of Georgia Perimeter College.
He wrote the screenplay "Windfall," which won first place in the Open Door Contest co-sponsored by Dimension Films; the one-act play "Eventually," which was a finalist for the Heideman Award at the Humana Festival; the two-act comedy "Vagrants in Love," which has been performed in states as politically varied as Texas and Massachusetts; the three-act drama "Pop Apocalypse," which holds a special place in his heart; the two-act drama "Nightlight," which doesn't; the screenplay "Snowjob," which is circulating Hollywood; and Nuclear Winter Wonderland, which was published in October by Kunati.
Nuclear Winter Wonderland, ISBN: 1601641605, Kunati, Inc. trade paperback, 288 pages, $15.95, October 2008.
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JOHN CUNYUS
Texas
Sixth-generation Texan John Cunyus is a graduate of Rice, TCU, and Pacific Western Universities. Cunyus served twenty years as an ordained minister, publishing many books and articles over that span. During that time, he served Christian churches in Pilot Point, Weatherford, Houston (twice), Lake Jackson, and Dallas, all in Texas. In 2005, he left ministry to work as a writer and financial consultant. In September, 2006, he published Flames in the Jungle, first in a series of Action/Adventure novels set in Colombia, South America. In November, 2006, his publisher reissued Flames of Faith: A Thumbnail Guide to World Religions, which he wrote in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Cunyus also publishes an online magazine at www.johncunyus.com, and speaks frequently to groups around North Texas. Cunyus, married to the former Rocio Lizarazo of Colombia, South America, is the father of four children.
Toromillo the Hunted, ISBN: 978-0595468058, iUniverse trade paperback, 176 pages, $13.95, October 2007.
Flames in the Jungle, ISBN: 0595408001, iUniverse trade paperback, 142 pages, $12.95, September 2006.
Flames of Faith: A Thumbnail Guide to World Religions, ISBN: 0595417671, iUniverse trade paperback, 58 pages, $9.95, October 2006.
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KAREN DANIELS
Texas
Being an avid reader her entire life, Karen Daniels did not take her first formal writing class until she was thirty. During this time she was a stay-at-home mom with three kids under the age of seven, in need of a creative outlet that was entirely her own. For the next three years, she attended Thursday night classes and learned the elements of plot, style, and characterization, and discovered something else important: having a life outside of being a mom and wife was very replenishing.
Once all of the children were in school, Karen took a part-time job for a private investigations firm as a research analyst, which is a fancy way of saying that she ran the background searches, conducted interviews, and the reason she landed the job, wrote and edited the reports. Her naturally inquisitive nature and tenacious approach made her a perfect fit, and after two years with the company, they licensed her.
Her debut novel, Three Days in Purgatory, combines her curios and clever thought process and asks the question: Do we ever know if the mistakes we make have purpose?
In addition to writing every chance she gets, working part-time at the firm, and making sure she's home when her teenagers get home from school, Karen considers herself to be a learning junkie. Attending classes on a wide variety of topics from the obscure (The Archetypes of Sex and the City) to the relevant (The Legal Aspects of Surveillance), she is passionate about continuing education.
Karen lives in Sugar Land, Texas, and is a member of the Fort Bend Writer's Guild.
Three Days in Purgatory, ISBN: 978-0595477074, iUniverse trade paperback, 174 pages, $13.95, April 2009.
DEADLY INK PRESS
Parsippany, NJ
Deadly Ink Press is a new publisher of mystery novels. Our first offering, Say Goodbye, a romantic thriller, by E. J. Rand, came out in February 2008. C. Solimini's debut mystery, Across the River, follows later this spring. Plans for E.J. Rand's next novel, Perfect Cover, are in the works.
We are a small company and are dedicated to the success of our authors.
Across the River by C. Solimini, ISBN: 0978744225, Deadly Ink Press paperback, 285 pages, $12.95, May 2008.
Say Goodbye by E.J. Rand, ISBN: 0978744212, Deadly Ink Press paperback, 320 pages, $12.95, February 2008.
RANDY DENMON
Monroe, LA
When not writing, Randy Denmon is an engineer. His first novel, The Lawless Frontier, was a finalist for Western Writers of America Spur Award, The Ben Franklin Award, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Recently, The Lawless Frontier was optioned for film by a Hollywood production company, and Tom Berenger has agreed to play the lead role. Randy has a new book scheduled for publication this fall, The Savage Breed, a story of two Texas Rangers in the Mexican American War.
Randy currently lives in Monroe, LA. In his spare time, Randy cleans up around the house, engages in yard work, or runs a few errands!
The Savage Breed, ISBN: 978-0786018352, Pinnacle Western paperback, 304 pages, $5.99, September 2009.
The Lawless Frontier, ISBN: 978-0786018345, Pinnacle Western paperback, 304 pages, $5.99, September 2006.
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ERNIE DISTEFANO
Delaware
In the spring of 1981, Ernie DiStefano was a professional pitching prospect of the Cincinnati Reds until an arm injury ended his dream of a professional baseball career. He is currently a professional sports agent, in association with Sports Management Worldwide, with his specialty being baseball players and coaches. He is also a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), and is nationally certified as a Sports Counselor through the National Institute of Sports Professionals (NISP). In 2001, Ernie founded Sports Counseling Services (SCS), an organization devoted to providing comprehensive counseling and coaching services to amateur and professional athletes, addressing all areas that affect an athlete's level of performance and potential. Ernie has also worked as an Associate Baseball Scout with the Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, and is currently with the Global Scouting Bureau (GSB). He is the Founder/Coordinator of the Prison Athlete Assistance Program (PAAP) and the Operation Comeback Program (OCP), offering comprehensive counseling and assistance to amateur, professional, and prison athletes whose sports careers have been side-tracked by issues of crime, substance abuse, gambling, or mental illness. Ernie holds three college degrees, including a Master's Degree in Management. He has worked in the Criminal justice system for twenty-three years, during which he has counseled juvenile and adult offenders, including capital murder inmates. Ernie lives with his family in Delaware.
The Happy Athlete: A Success Guide for Parents, Coaches, and Student-Athletes, ISBN: 1880292785, Langmarc Publishing trade paperback, 160 pages, $15.95, June 2006.
ECHELON PRESS
Laurel, MD
Echelon Press is considered by some to be one of the fastest rising Independent publishers in the industry. We have gone from zero to more than a hundred authors in six years, and we have put more than two hundred works into production. We have one mission at Echelon Press, to reach every reader we can, and to touch them with our words. Our books hold that potential and so much more, because they are written from the authors' hearts.
JOSEPH EGER
Pompano Beach, FL
Maestro Joseph Eger is Music Director/Conductor of the Symphony for United Nations (SUN) in New York and Florida, and Guest Conductor for Life in Beijing, China. But he's also been associated with politics, science and philosophy for many years. Eger says he's now congratulated for the very thing that threatened his career in the 1950's—he was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
Now, his most radical theory is that "you and everything else in the universe are made of exactly the same stuff. That stuff, believe it or not, is music! The only difference between you, a hot dog, the chair in which you are sitting, a stone and the king of Saudi Arabia is the variation in the configuration of wave frequencies that make up people. Every bit of each of us is actually a song and we all make up a symphony."
Maestro Eger continues to work tirelessly to promote world peace and understanding through an appreciation for other cultures. SUN is deeply concerned with human rights and is active against war, poverty, and the deterioration of the environment.
Einstein's Violin: A Conductor's Notes on Music, Physics, and Social Change, ISBN: 1585423882, Tarcher Publications hardcover, 432 pages, $27.95, March 2005.