Panelists 2020

Lori Rader-Day Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar Award-nominated and Anthony Award- and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. She co-chairs the mystery conference Murder and Mayhem in Chicago and serves as the national president of Sisters in Crime. Her new…

Amy River Amy Rivers is the author of three novels, as well numerous short stories and personal essays. She is also the Director of Northern Colorado Writers. Her latest novel, All The Broken People, was released in March 2019. She’s been published in We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor, Flash!…

Kathryn Lane Kathryn, originally from northern Mexico, started life as a painter in oils, quickly changed to international finance and accounting. Graduated from the University of New Mexico with a CPA. Worked for a multinational corporation where she traveled to over 90 countries in two decades.Now Kathryn loves creating stories inspired by her experiences growing…

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…

Mary Beth Magee Author Mary Beth Magee brings her Deep South roots into her writing as she shares stories of family, friendship and faith, all set in the Pearl River County, Mississippi town of Cypress Point. In addition to cozy mysteries, Mary Beth also writes children’s books, devotions and poetry and is part of The…

Laura Oles Laura Oles isn’t quite sure where she’s from. As an Air Force brat, she started school in the Philippines and ended up Texas, attending a different school almost every year in between. Laura’s debut mystery, DAUGHTERS OF BAD MEN, was an Agatha nominee, a Claymore Award finalist and a Killer Nashville Readers’ Choice…

Jonathan Thurston Jonathan W. Thurston is a horror writer and LGBT newspaper reporter in Lansing, Michigan. He lives with his boyfriend Weasel, his dogs Temerita and Buddy, and his tarantula Lucerna. His gay thriller Straight Men was nominated for a Lambda Literary and ALAA Over the Rainbow Award. He is a horror fanatic and simultaneous…

Elizabeth Crowens Elizabeth Crowens has worn many hats in Hollywood for over 20 years, is a black belt in martial arts, a Sherlock Holmes fan and is a contributor to Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Black Belt Magazine, blackgate.com, with short stories in the Hell’s Heart anthology and the Bram Stoker Award nominated anthology, A New…

R.G. Belsky R. G. Belsky is an author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, THE LAST SCOOP, is being published in May 2020 by Oceanview. It is the third in a series featuring Clare Carlson, a woman TV journalist. The first, YESTERDAY’S NEWS, was in 2018, the second,…

Connie Berry Like her main character, Connie Berry was raised by charmingly eccentric antiques dealers. She received her M.A. in English literature from The Ohio State University and has studied at St. Clare’s College, Oxford, and the University of Freiburg in Germany. Besides reading and writing mysteries, Connie loves history, travel with a hint of…