Megan Abbott - Detroit Noir

E.J. Olsencomes from a long line of sturdy Michigan folk, and has lived in the Detroit area for most of his life. He works as a freelance writer and editor and is currently writing his first novel.

P.J. Parrish, the New York Times best-selling author of the Louis Kincaid series, is actually two sisters, Kris Montee and Kelly Nichols. Their books have been nominated for multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards, and they have won an International Thriller Writers Award. They were born and raised in Detroit, and return home as often as possible — both in person and in their fiction.

Melissa Preddytraces her Detroit ancestry to the late 1800s and grew up absorbing family lore about mid — twentieth century life in the city’s working-class neighborhoods. She is currently a business editor for the Detroit News .

Nisi Shawlis a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her short horror story “Cruel Sistah,” which first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine, was reprinted in the nineteenth volume of Th e Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.

Michael Zadoorianis the author of the novel Second Hand , and his stories have appeared in Literary Review, American Short Fiction, Beloit Fiction Journal, North American Review, and ARARAT . A graduate of Wayne State University, he grew up on the northwest side of Detroit.