Panelists 2018

Jennifer Dornbush Jennifer Graeser Dornbush is a screenwriter, author, speaker and forensic specialist. She has several crime drama TV series in development and recently published a mystery series with Crooked Lane Books. She penned the film and novel, God Bless the Broken Road, released in 2018. As a forensic specialist she consults on TV shows…

Amy Rivers Amy Rivers was born and raised in southern New Mexico and currently resides in Colorado with her husband and kids. Her graduate work focused on politics, psychology and forensic criminology, topics she loves to incorporate into her personal essays and novels. Amy has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for…

PD Halt PD Halt left her native Virginia for New York when she was twenty-one, where she joined the mad men of advertising. She wrote award-winning campaigns, including Nothing Beats a Great Pair of L’eggs, and shot commercials in Paris for Yves Saint Laurent. Interpublic noticed her, and she found herself in artsy, trendy Düsseldorf,…

Charley Pearson Charley retired after a career at the headquarters of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, primarily overseeing chemical and radiological environmental remediation after the end of the Cold War, releasing closing facilities for unrestricted future use with EPA and state agreement. He apparently used up his left brain in the process, so he’s moved…

Maggie Toussaint Southern author Maggie Toussaint writes mystery, suspense, and futuristic fiction. Her work won two Silver Falchion Awards, the Readers’ Choice Award, and the EPIC Award. She is a two-time finalist for Georgia Author of the Year. Under her name and her pen name of Rigel Carson, she’s published twenty novels as well as…

R.G. Belsky R.G. Belsky is an author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, YESTERDAY’S NEWS, is being published in May 2018 by Oceanview. It won the Claymore Award in 2016 (under the title of FORGET ME NOT). He previously wrote the Gil Malloy series for Atria which was…

Robert Mangeot Robert Mangeot lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife and cats. His short fiction appears here and there, including ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE, THE FORGE, LOWESTOFT CHRONICLE, MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE, MWA’s ICE COLD, and the Anthony-winning MURDER UNDER THE OAKS. He was a finalist in the 2017 Derringer Awards. When not writing, he…

D.E. Funk DE Funk is a contemporary American crime writer. She has graduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Social Studies. DE has taught at a higher education institution for the past ten years. Silent Rage (KDP 2018) is her debut novel. She is currently working on the second book in the series. As an avid…

Mary Beth Magee Mary Beth Magee’s (LOL)4 Mysteries and Cypress Point Chronicles take place in Pearl River County, MS, but other stories wander the country. Devotions, crafts and children’s books bear her name as well.Her public speaking takes her across the country as a member of the Sisters in Crime Speakers Bureau along with workshops…

Sharon Hopkins Sharon Woods Hopkins is the author of the award-winning Rhetta McCarter mystery series and numerous short stories. When she’s not writing, Sharon’s hobbies include painting, fishing, photography, flower gardening, and restoring muscle cars. She is a member of the Sisters in Crime, Heartland Writers’ Guild, and the Missouri Writers’ Guild. She spent 30…