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Gary Alexanderhas written thirteen novels, including Loot , fourth in the mystery series featuring comic Buster Hightower. Disappeared , the first in the series, has been optioned to Universal Pictures.

He has written 150+ short stories and sold travel articles to six major dailies.

Dragon Lady , his Vietnam novel, is being published by Istoria Books, available both as an ebook and print-on-demand. His website is www.garyralexander.com.

Alan Cookwrites mystery/suspense novels, including the Carol Golden amnesia series. Carol Golden isn’t her real name. She gives herself that name in Forget to Remember when she gets hit on the head and can’t remember who she is or anything about her past. In Relatively Dead she has recovered her identity but not most of her memory. While trying to connect with cousins, she discovers they are targeted for death and she may be next. Dangerous Wind finds her working with a shadowy group of government agents and traveling to all seven continents to apprehend an ex-boyfriend she doesn’t remember who is supposedly trying to foment world chaos. Alan has also collaborated with illustrator Janelle Carbajal to create the children’s book, Dancing with Bulls .

Brendan DuBoisof Exeter, New Hampshire, is the award-winning author of nearly 130 short stories and sixteen novels including his latest, Fatal Harbor (Pegasus Crime), part of the Lewis Cole mystery series. His short fiction has appeared in Playboy , Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine , Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine , The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , and numerous anthologies including The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century , published in 2000 by Houghton-Mifflin, as well as The Best American Noir of the Century , published in 2010. His stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and have also earned him three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a Jeopardy! game show champion. You can visit his website at www.BrendanDuBois.com.

Bev Vincentis the author of three books: The Road to the Dark Tower (nominated for a Bram Stoker Award), The Stephen King Illustrated Companion (nominated for a Stoker and an Edgar), and, most recently, The Dark Tower Companion . He has published over seventy short stories, including appearances in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine , Thin Ice (for his Al Blanchard Award–winning story “The Bank Job”) and the MWA anthology The Blue Religion . He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance since 2001, is an original member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community, and writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. His website is bevvincent.com.

Katia Liefis the author of several internationally bestselling crime novels. Her latest is The Money Kill , the fourth installment of her Karin Schaeffer series, which was published in 2013 by HarperCollins. She teaches fiction writing at The New School in Manhattan and lives with her family in Brooklyn. You can visit her at katialief.com.

Vicki Douderais a top-producing real-estate agent at a busy firm in coastal Camden, Maine, and the author of the Darby Farr Mysteries, published by Midnight Ink and featuring crime-solving, deal-making real estate agent Darby Farr. Her debut novel, A House to Die For , was chosen as a Best Read of 2010 by Suspense Magazine . Her latest and fifth in the series is Deal Killer .

When she’s not writing, Vicki enjoys cycling, hiking, and sailing with her family, as well as volunteering for her favorite cause, Habitat for Humanity. She has pounded nails from Maine to Florida, helping to build simple, affordable Habitat homes, and is currently President of her local affiliate.

In addition to MWA, Vicki belongs to Sisters in Crime and the National Association of Realtors. You can read more about her at vickidoudera.com.

Jonathan Stonedoes most of his writing on the commuter train between the Connecticut suburbs and Manhattan, where he is the creative director of a midtown advertising agency. His fifth and latest novel, Moving Day , was published in March, and has been optioned for film by Nick Wechsler and Steve Schwartz. A graduate of Yale, Jon is married, with a son and daughter in college. His previous short story, “Hedge,” appeared in last year’s MWA anthology, The Mystery Box .

Gigi Vernongrew up in the Washington, D.C., area. As a child of the Cold War, she’s always been fascinated by our so-called enemy Russia. She studied Russian language and history at Georgetown University, and earned a PhD in history from the State University of New York. Her short stories, set in a variety of historical time periods and places, have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and elsewhere. Currently she resides in upstate New York, and has always thought it criminal her closet isn’t full of beautiful designer clothes, purses, and shoes.

Joseph Wallaceis old enough to remember 1966, when the United States Air Force lost a hydrogen bomb in the ocean off Spain—the incident that inspired him to write “Deep Submergence” for this collection. He is the author of two novels: Diamond Ruby (2010), a historical novel set in his hometown of Brooklyn, and Invasive Species (2013), an end-of-the-world thriller. His short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine , Baltimore Noir , Bronx Noir , Hardboiled Brooklyn , and a previous MWA anthology, 2009’s The Prosecution Rests , edited by Linda Fairstein. “Custom Sets,” his story in that anthology, went on to be selected by Lee Child and Otto Penzler for The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 . Joe lives north of New York City with his wife and children, an overexuberant dog, and a put-upon cat.

Robert Mangeothas published short fiction in various journals and anthologies. His work has won contests sponsored by the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. He is married and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. You can visit his website at www.robertmangeot.com.

T. Jefferson Parkeris the author of twenty crime novels, including Silent Joe and California Girl , both of which won the Edgar Award for best mystery. His novel Laguna Heat was made into an HBO movie, and his books have been translated into fourteen languages. His last six books are a “Border Sextet,” featuring ATF task-force agent Charlie Hood as he tries to stanch the flow of illegal firearms being smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico. Parker enjoys fishing, hiking, and cycling. He lives in Southern California with his family.

Laura Lippmanhas published nineteen novels, one novella, and a collection of short stories. Her work includes the Tess Monaghan series and several stand-alones, including Every Secret Thing , which has been adapted for the screen. Her work has won the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Nero Wolfe, Quill, Barry, Macavity, and Gumshoe awards. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans.

Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author, has been called the female Umberto Eco, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, and Stephen Spielberg. Publishers Weekly and Library Journal have credited her groundbreaking first novel, The Eight , with paving the way for adventure-quest books like The Da Vinci Code .