Jillian Abbott's: Queens Noir

Denis Hamillwrites a column about Queens for the New York Daily News and has written ten novels, including, Fork in the Road, recently purchased by Alexander Payne’s company for a feature film from Fox Searchlight. He lives in Queens.

Patricia Kingis the author of four books on business subjects, including Never Work for a Jerk . Her forthcoming book — The Monster in the Corner Office — will be published in 2008.

Robert Knightlymoved to Jackson Heights in 1995 and works as a Legal Aid criminal defense lawyer in the Queens courts. As a teenager, he dug graves one summer in First Calvary Cemetery in Blissville, where he set his story for this volume. His short story “Take the Man’s Pay,” from Akashic’s Manhattan Noir, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007. As an NYPD officer and sergeant he patrolled Brooklyn and Manhattan for twenty years.

Glenville Lovellhas published four novels: Fire in the Canes, Song of Night, Too Beautiful to Die, and Love and Death in Brooklyn . His stories haved appeared in Conjunctions, Shades of Black, Wanderlust: Erotic Travel Tales, and Hardboiled Brooklyn . For more information, visit www.glenvillelovell.com

Liz Martinezhas lived in Woodside, Queens, for the past fifteen years. She is currently collaborating on a mystery anthology with fellow award-winning Mexican-American writer Sarah Cortez. “Lights Out for Frankie” was inspired by an organized retail crime case solved by legendary police detectives Eric Hernando and Sergeant Louie Torres of the Holmdel, New Jersey police department.

Stephen Solomitais the author of sixteen novels. He was born and raised in Bayside, Queens, not far from College Point, the setting for “Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky.”

Kim Sykesis an actress and writer who lives in New York City. She frequently works at Silvercup Studios.

K.J.A. Wishnia'sfirst novel featuring Ecuadorian-American P.I. Filomena Buscarsela, 23 Shades of Black , was a finalist for both Edgar and Anthony Awards, and was followed by four other novels, including Soft Money and Red House . He lived in Ecuador for several years, and taught English at Queens College, CUNY. Wishnia gives special thanks to his students at Suffolk Community College, especially Victor Nieves, for providing him with the authentic ghetto phraseology.