Panelists 2019

A.K. Amherst I am Andrea, an Austrian writer who published her debut novel “Belfast Central” in German (mother tongue) and English (fluent). Self-publishing was an obvious choice for me since I worked in Marketing for 6 years. After finishing my book in German, I translated it to English myself, had all my work edited by…

Delphine Boswell Delphine Boswell is a Pacific Northwest writer who describes her love of writing in the words of John Steinbeck, “I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe.” To date, she has published numerous short stories in such genres as mystery, sci-fi, and horror, most in print anthologies. She has also been…

James McCrone James McCrone is the author of the Imogen Trager books—Faithless Elector, Dark Network, and the forthcoming Emergency Powers—“taut” and “gripping” political thrillers about a stolen presidency and a nation on edge. Although not based on events now gripping the world, the ‘Noirpolitik’ Imogen Trager books resonate with them.  He’s a member of the…

Jane Suen Jane Suen is an award-winning author who writes mysteries, sci-fi, contemporary fiction, and short stories. Since her debut children’s mystery, Children of the Future, she’s wrapped up her sci-fi series, Alterations Trilogy. Look for a June 2019 release of her new mystery, Murder Creek. Jane is a transplant to the South who has…

Phyllis Gobbell Phyllis Gobbell has three books in the Jordan Mayfair Mystery Series. Treachery in Tuscany (Encircle, 2018), follows Secrets and Shamrocks (Five Star, 2016) and Pursuit in Provence (Five Star, 2015). She co-authored An Unfinished Canvas with Michael Glasgow and A Season of Darkness with Douglas Jones based on two high-profile murders in Nashville.…

Dana Chamblee Carpenter Dana Chamblee Carpenter is the author of Book of the Just, the third novel in The Bohemian Trilogy. The first book, Bohemian Gospel, won Killer Nashville’s Claymore Award. Publisher’s Weekly called it “a deliciously creepy debut.” Her second book, The Devil’s Bible, won the 2017 Silver Falchion Award for Best Novel. Publisher’s…

Linda Sands Georgia Author of the Year, Linda Sands is the multiple award-winning author of five books in multiple genres. THE CARGO SERIES, an action-adventure drama introduces the world’s only female truck driving sleuth, Jojo Boudreaux. Profits from PRECIOUS CARGO, Book 2 in the series go to Atlanta’s Wellspring Living organization to help transform lives…

Rick Helms Retired forensic psychologist and college professor Richard Helms is the author of eighteen published novels and many short stories. He has been nominated six times for the SMFS Derringer Award, with two wins; five times for the PWA Shamus Award; twice for the ITW Thriller Award, with a win in 2011, and once…

Kerry Peresta Kerry Peresta’s background in advertising, copywriting and account management gave her plenty of fuel to write stories about thorny and psychologically fascinating relationships. Her writing career began in 2008 as a humor columnist, (“The Lighter Side,” 2008-2010) and she began writing fiction in 2010. Her first suspense novel,“The Hunting,” released in 2013 and…

Lu Ann Curlee Holding a B.A. in English from the University of Tennessee in one hand and a CPA certificate in the other, Lu Ann Curlee has been torn between writing and eating for thirty years. Being fat enough now, Lu Ann turns her attention to finishing her literary mystery while still dealing with business…