About Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for mystery writers,
professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and
those who are devoted to the genre. MWA is dedicated to promoting higher regard
for crime writing and recognition and respect for those who write within the
genre. They provide scholarships for writers, sponsor symposia and conferences,
present the Edgar Awards, and conduct other activities to further a better
appreciation and higher regard for crime writing.
About Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling and award-winning author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages. A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University.
About Raymond Benson
Raymond Benson is the author of over forty published books. He is most well-known as the third—and first American—author of continuation James Bond novels, commissioned by the Ian Fleming copyright holders. In total, six original 007 novels, three film novelizations, and three short stories were published worldwide between 1997 and 2002. His bestselling and critically praised five-book serial, The Black Stiletto, is in development as a possible film or TV series.
About Joseph Finder
Joseph Finder is the author of numerous New York Times bestselling novels, including. His novel Killer Instinct won the International Thriller Writers’s Thriller Award for Best Novel of 2006. Other bestselling titles include Paranoia and High Crimes, both of which became major motion pictures. Born in Chicago, he studied Russian at Yale and Harvard. He was recruited by the CIA, but decided he preferred writing fiction. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
About John Lescroart
John Lescroart
is the author of numerous crime thrillers, including the Dismas Hardy series, of which several novels were New York Times bestsellers.
His novel Dead Irish was a finalist for the Shamus Award, just one of many awards he has received for his fiction.
About Gayle Lynds
Gayle Lynds is the New York Times bestselling author of four international thrillers, including Masquerade and The Coil. She also coauthored three bestselling novels in the Covert-One series with Robert Ludlum, including The Hades Factor, which was a CBS miniseries in 2006. She has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a think-tank editor with top-secret clearance before turning to fiction. She lives in Santa Barbara.
About Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous previous novels, including the renowned V. I. Warshawski series, of which Blacklist won the Dagger Award. She is one of only four living writers to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and is also the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers’ Association. She is credited with transforming the role and image of women in the crime novel.
About Brendan DuBois
Brendan DuBois of New Hampshire is the award-winning author of twenty novels and more than 150 short stories, and his works have appeared in nearly a dozen countries. He is also a Jeopardy! game show champion.
About Bev Vincent
Bev Vincent is a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine, where he has been writing “News from the Dead Zone” for each issue since 2001. He is the author of several books, most recently The Dark Tower Companion, and over eighty short stories, including appearances in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, several SHIVERS anthologies, and two MWA anthologies. His work has been nominated for the Edgar Award, the Bram Stoker Award (twice), and the ITW Thriller Award. He can be found lurking in various corners of the internet, including at BevVincent.com, his book review blog OnyxReviews.com, and @BevVincent on Twitter.
About Katia Lief
Katia Lief (a.k.a. Karen Ellis) is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed Karin Schaeffer thriller series. Her work has been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Derringer Award, and the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Katia teaches fiction writing at The New School and lives in Brooklyn with her family.
About Jonathan Stone
Jonathan Stone does 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 novel Moving Day was selected as an Amazon Kindle First and has been optioned for film by Nick Wechsler and Steve Schwartz. Two of his short stories, “Hedge” and “East Meets West,” are anthologized in the Mystery Writers of America’s recent annual collections. A graduate of Yale University, Stone is married and has two college-age children.
