Stuart Kaminsky: Show Business is Murder

Gregg Hurwitzis the author of The Tower, Minutes to Burn, Do No Harm, and The Kill Clause . He holds a B.A. in English and psychology from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Trinity College, Oxford. He lives in Los Angeles.

Show business may be murder, but somehow Steve Hockensmithhas managed to survive his brushes with it-so far. A freelance journalist, he has covered pop culture and the film industry for The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Total Movie, Cinescape, and other publications. He also recently sold the movie rights to his Derringer Award-winning story “Erie’s Last Day,” and a short film based on the story is in the works. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and Analog . But what he really wants to do is direct…

Shelley Freydontis the author of the Lindy Haggerty mystery series ( Backstage Murder, Midsummer Murder, A Merry Little Murder ). She has toured internationally with Twyla Tharp Dance and American Ballroom Theater and has choreographed for and appeared in films, television, and on Broadway. She is a member of MWA and Sisters in Crime (President of NY/TriState chapter 2001-2003).

Robert Loprestiis a librarian and songwriter in the Pacific Northwest. Thirty of his stories have been published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and many other places. One of his stories was nominated for the Anthony Award in 1994.

Mat Cowardis a British writer of crime, SF, horror, children’s, and humorous fiction, whose stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio and published in numerous anthologies, magazines, and e-zines in the UK, US, and Europe. According to Ian Rankin, “Mat Coward’s stories resemble distilled novels.” His first non-distilled novel-a whodunit called Up and Down -was published in the USA in 2000 by Five Star Publishing. The same publisher produced his first single author collection, Do the World a Favour and Other Stories in 2003.

Stuart M. Kaminskyis the author of fifty-six published books, forty short stories, and five produced screenplays. He was one of the writers of the A & E Nero Wolfe television series. He won the Edgar for best novel in 1989 and the Prix De Roman D’Aventure of France in 1990. He has received a total of six Edgar nominations for his novels and short stories. Kaminsky writes the Toby Peters series, the Porfiry Rostnikov series, the Abe Lieberman series, and the Lew Fonesca series set in and around Sarasota. He has also written two “Rockford Files” novels. Kaminsky has a B.S. degree in Journalism and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Communications from Northwestern University. He taught film history, filmmaking, and creative writing at Northwestern University for sixteen years before going to Florida State University in 1988 to head the Graduate Conservatory in Film. He left FSU in 1994 to write full time. He now lives in Sarasota with his wife and family, and finds time to play a lot of softball.