Reaves, Sam
Sam Reaves has written seven Chicago-based crime novels, most recently Mean Town Blues. As Dominic Martell he has penned a European-based suspense trilogy. Reaves has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East but has…
Lourey, Jess
Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minnesota, and featuring amateur sleuth, Mira James. November Hunt, the seventh in the series, hit shelves March 2012. In a starred…
Knupp, Amy
Amy Knupp lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two sons and five cats. She graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in French and journalism and feels lucky to use very little of either…
Lofty, Carrie
Born in California and raised in the Midwest, Carrie Lofty met her English husband while studying abroad–the best souvenir! Since completing her master’s degree in history, she has been devoted to raising their two precocious…
Ryan, R.M.
R. M. Ryan is the author of Vaudeville in the Dark, a recent book of poems. The NY Times said Ryan writes ” . . . like the best poets . . . at the…
Rhodebeck, Liz
Liz Rhodebeck of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is a freelance writer and regular contributor for Lake Country Publications in Hartland, WI. She has published poetry in state and national journals including The Penwood Review, Margie, Verse Wisconsin,…
Stefaniak, Mary Helen
Mary Helen Stefaniak’s second novel, The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia (W. W. Norton), has been awarded a 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. The Anisfield-Wolf awards “recognize books that have made important contributions to our…
Klise, James
James Klise is the author of LOVE DRUGGED, published by Flux Books in September 2010. This debut novel received a 2011 Stonewall Honor Award, and also was selected for the 2011 ALA Rainbow List. Booklist…
Stoll, Scott
Scott Stoll asked himself a question: “If I could do anything, what would I do?” His answer resulted in a quest for happiness and the meaning of life around the world on a bicycle (25,742…
Krueger, William Kent
Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University–before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at free-lance journalism, and eventually…