Author Bios...
Ever since 1984, Brian Murphy has been praying for John Le Carre's health so there will be one more great book to read. Brian is funny like that.
Sandra Seamans is a short story writer. Her stories can be found at Muzzle Flash, Out of the Gutter, and one due in Grim Graffitti later this month. She can be reached at sandraseamans@yahoo.com
Sarah Weinman blogs about crime and mystery fiction at Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind (at http://www.sarahweinman.com) This was her first published story; since then others have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and various anthologies.
Donna Moore was born in 1962 and led a sheltered childhood in a small
English village. A crime fiction fan from a young age, Donna wanted to
be one of Enid Blyton's Famous Five and fight crime with the aid of
only a basket of cucumber sandwiches and a bottle of ginger beer. She now lives in Glasgow. Her first novel, a crime fiction spoof called ...Go To Helena
Handbasket, was published by PointBlank Press in 2006.
Over four hundred of Stephen D Rogers' stories and poems have been selected to appear in more than a hundred publications. His website, www.stephendrogers.com, includes a list of new and upcoming titles as well as other timely information.
John Rector recently completed his first novel, THE GIRL IN THE GROVE, and is currently hard at work on his second. His short fiction has appeared in several magazines, including: The Seattle Review, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Cold Flesh, Black October Magazine, and The Edge: Tales of Suspense. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and daughter.
Keith Gilman is a cop in the Philadelphia area. His short stories have appeared in numerous crime fiction magazines, both online and in print. He is the winner of the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers Novel Contest. His first novel, titled "Father's Day" is due out Summer '08 from St. Martin's Minotaur.
Paul Barton has left his native Liverpool for the sunnier climes of Glasgow but still considers himself a proud Scouser. An Everton fan and a graduate of Stirling University he is 27-years-old and likes short bios.
Craig McDonald’s debut novel, Head Games, is now available from Bleak House Books. His short stories can be found in the anthologies Dublin Noir, Danger City II and The Deadly Bride & 21 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. Art in the Blood, a collection of interviews with 20 major crime authors, is available from PointBlank Books. A second collection of interviews, Rogue Males, is forthcoming from Bleak House Books. Heis website is: www.craigmcdonaldbooks.com
Simon Kernick was born in 1966 in the less-than-quaint London satellite town of Slough, England. After leaving school in the mid 1980s with not much to yell about in the way of qualifications, he worked in a variety of jobs including labourer on a road-building gang. He is the author of six novels, most recently 'Severed' and is hard at work on number seven.
Jochem van der Steen’s work has been previously published in Thuglit, Thrilling Detective, Mysterical-E and other magazines. His first novel, The White Knight Syndrome is still on sale. If you have anything to tell him write him at jvdsteen@hotmail.com or visit www.noahmilano.tk or www.sonsofspade.tk.
Damien Seaman, one-time political reporter, editor, factory worker and supermarket management trainee, has lived in England, Belgium and Libya. He currently lives in Berlin, where his hobbies include learning German and pretending to work in finance. More of his crime fiction has featured in Noir Originals and is forthcoming in the January 2008 issue of Spinetingler Magazine. Reach him at: damien.seaman@web.de.
Greg Bardsley is a writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He's worked as a meat-packer, U-Haul grunt, crime reporter, speechwriter and ghostwriter. In
addition to Pulp Pusher, his crime fiction has appeared in Plots with Guns, Out
of the Gutter, Storyglossia, Thuglit and Demolition. Look for his fiction in the
athologies, "Sex, Drugs & Rock-n-Roll" [Kensington Books] and "Uncaged" [Bleak
House Books]. Visit him at http://gregbardsley.wordpress.com/.
Patricia Abbott has published stories in journals such as Fourteen Hills, Inkwell, The Potomac Review and The Portland Review. Having come over to the dark side now, forthcoming stories will appear in Shred of Evidence and SHOTS.
Dave Zeltserman’s first novel, Fast Lane, debuted in 2004 and was named by Poisoned Pen Bookstore as one of the top hardboiled books of the year. His second book, Bad Thoughts, will be out in July 2007, and has been called a “compellingly clever wheels-within-wheels thriller” by Booklist. His third crime novel, Small Crimes, will be published early 2008 by Serpent’s Tail. Dave lives in the Boston area with his wife Judy, and when he’s not writing crime fiction, he spends his time working on his black belt in Kung Fu and running his noir fiction web-site, Hardluck Stories.
Nick Stone is the author of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Best Thriller winner of 2006, Mr Clarinet and the 2007 prequel King of Swords. He has been rated by book retailer Waterstone's as one of the 25 authors of the future to watch. His website is www.nickstone.co.uk
Edinburgh-based writer and journalist Tom Maxwell has written for a number of publications, most prominently Scotsman.com. His account of his attempt at securing a world record -- in anything -- is told in his book in progress, Dancing in the Streets of Jakarta. He holds an honours degree in English and is working on his first crime novel. He can be contacted at: maxwellusm@yahoo.co.uk
James R. Winter is a regular contributor to January Magazine, The Rap Sheet, CrimeSpree Magazine and the review column for Reflections in a Private Eye, the newsletter of the Private Eye Writers of America. His first novel, Northcoast Shakedown, came and went in 2005. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Winter now makes his home in suburban Cincinnati, where he works for an insurance company. His short fiction has appeared in Plots With Guns and ThugLit, as well as at The Thrilling Detective Web Site and Crime Scene Scotland.
Todd Robinson’s writing has appeared in Danger City, Demolition, Out Of The Gutter, Pulp Pusher, Crimespree and Writers Digest's The Years Best Writing 2003. He has won over six Honorable Mentions in various writing competitions/awards, making him the official bridesmaid of the form. He is the creator and chief editor of Thuglit.com
Sandra Ruttan is an editor with Spinetingler Magazine and her short fiction has appeared in Crimespree Magazine, Out of the Gutter Volume 1, Demolition, Mouth Full of Bullets and The Cynic. Clive Cussler said her debut novel, Suspicious Circumstances, "has to be one of the most satisfying mysteries going that grips the reader from beginning to end. Ruttan has a spellbinding style". For more information visit her website at www.sandraruttan.com.
Ray Banks is doing okay, thanks for asking. His books include The Big Blind and Saturday's Child, with more where that came from, specifically Donkey Punch next month. When he's not talking about himself in the third person, he keeps a website over at www.thesaturdayboy.com. There, he rails and coos at the world like a crazy old hobo.
Cathi Unsworth worked for Sounds and Melody Maker for several years before editing Purr and then Bizarre. She is the editor of London Noir, a collection of London crime stories published by Serpent’s Tail. Her debut novel, The Not Knowing, was published by Serpent’s Tail in 2005 and her second novel, The Singer, will be published in June 2007. She lives in London.
JD Smith's crime fiction has appeared in Thug Lit and is forthcoming in Out of the Gutter. His humorous fiction has appeared in The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica. Recently awarded a Fellowship by the US National Endowment for the Arts, he published two collections of poetry. A children's book The Best Mariachi in the World is out in 2008. More at: www.jdsmithwriter.com.
Rhode Island based Paul McGoran is a former Russian interpreter for the US Navy, who has turned his language skills to writing. His first novel, Porkpie, is currently doing the rounds of publishers in the US and Canada. He's at work on the sequel, A Tale of Two, and can reached at paul42@cox.net.
Tony Black's first novel PAYING FOR IT was published by Random House in 2008. Ken Bruen said it "blasts off the page like a triple malt . . . one adrenaline-pumped novel that is as moving and compassionate as it is so stylishly written".
His follow-up, GUTTED, is out in summer 2009. Reach him at: www.tonyblack.net
Sophie Littlefield has written for computing, parenting, and women’s magazines, and worked as a copy writer and editor. She co-authored a primary-school biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes and her short story “Anything for You” was a runner-up for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2007 Fish-Knife.
Charlie Skinner lives in Edinburgh, but that doesn't stop him supporting St Johnstone, sadly.
Glenn Gray is a Radiologist in private practice. His stories have appeared in many online and print mags including Thuglit, Blazing Adventures Magazine, DZ Allen's Muzzle Flash, Powder Burn Flash, Thug Works, Underground Voices, Bewildering Stories, Out Of The Gutter 3 and forthcoming in Shred Of Evidence. He is at work on his first novel, a medical/crime thriller.
Hamilton Waymire was born in New Jersey but raised and educated in Europe. He is currently a philosophy professor at a research university in Southern California. Pretty much a writing newbie, he has a flash story forthcoming in the Autumn 2008 issue of Mouth Full of Bullets.
Phil Beloin's Phil Beloin's short fiction has appeared in Astonishing Adventures #2, Short Stuff for Grownups, Spinetingler and soon in Mouth Full of Bullets. He recently finished a novel that he's not embarrassed to call The Big Bad. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and children.
As a half-assed raconteur brooding outside of Annapolis, Maryland, Kieran Shea is constantly bewildered by foofy coffee choices and casually sacrificed intellects. His short fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Word Riot and upcoming in both Demolition and Anthony Neil Smith’s relaunch of the crime bellwether, Plots with Guns. He firmly believes everyone is guilty of something.
Brian Haycock lives in Austin, Texas, where he has worked mainly for nonprofit organizations. His stories have appeared in Thuglit, Nefarious, Crime and Suspense, Yellow Mama, Grim Graffiti and (coming soon) Reflection's Edge. To the surprise of everyone that knows him, he has never been arrested. Or shot.
Justin Porter was born and raised in New York City. He's been been featured in Thuglit, Demolition Magazine, Muzzleflash Fiction and Plots with Guns. He can be reached at six.gun.chimp@gmail.com. Feel free to email and tell him you hope he likes his day job.
More than thirty of Clair Dickson's Bo Fexler short stories have appeared all over the web in places like Out of the Gutter, Mysterical-E, Yellow Mama, Muzzle Flash, Mout Full of Bullets and others. Visit www..bofexler.blogspot.com for links and more.
Mark Joseph Kiewlak has been at this hard-boiled stuff for fifteen years now. He has stories coming up in CrimeSpree, Hardboiled, Clean Sheets, and The Bitter Oleander. Other recent work has appeared in AlienSkin, Black Petals, and Wild Violet. He's also been published by DC Comics.
David Lewis is a journalist living and working in Edinburgh. He's written for many newspapers in the UK and magazines in the US and Canada. Currently, he's working on what he hopes will soon be his first novel. Contact him at: davidflewis@hotmail.co.uk
Chad Eagleton lives in the Midwest, works an underpaid job, and is trying to quit smoking...again. Someday, he hopes to learn how to work on cars, so he can truly
be a Springsteen song.
William "Bill" Blick is a short story writer, poet, essayist, and film critic from Bellerose, New York. He holds an M.A. in English Literature from Queens College. His work can be seen or has been seen in Bewildering Stories, Straitjackets Magazine, Underground Voices, and Seven Seas magazine. His film analyses can be seen at Senses of Cinema.com. He currently teaches writing for the University of Phoenix and is completing master's degree in Library Science.
An early Gen X'er, Andy Henion likes all things dark and gritty. He lives way the hell up north. His crime fiction has appeared in Plots with Guns, Thieves Jargon and Hardluck Stories. Other work in Spork, Ink Pot, Hobart, Pindeldyboz, others.
Derek Nikitas's short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Ontario Review, Chelsea, the St. Martin's Minotaur anthology and Stories to Die For. His first novel, Pyres, was released by St. Martin's Minotaur in October 07, and it was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
Russel D. McLean is an author, reviewer and general miscreant from Dundee, Scotland. His debut novel, The Good Son is out now in the UK by Five Leaves Press.
Jason Hunt bought his first pair of cowboy boots from Garth Brooks while the two of them were writing songs and trying to get a record deal in Nashville. Garth got the deal, Jason didn't. Jason's friend Kinky Friedman encouraged Jason to try his hand at writing detective fiction. Jason has published short fiction -- most recently in Pulp Pusher and Hardboiled -- and he's completed two novels. The main character in the novels is Deke Rivers, an ex-country music songwriter with a chip on his shoulder and two Colt .45s under a Hank Williams tour jacket.
Frank Bill is a struggling southern Indiana writer of regional/gritty crime fiction. Stories published or fourth coming from Thuglit (issue28), Plots With Guns Issues 4,5, Talking River Review 09, Hardboiled issues 38 & another unknown issue in 09, Beat to a Pulp April 09, Lunch Hour Stories(3rd place in 08 writing contest) coming out in April 09.
Keith Rawson lives in the Phoenix, AZ suburb of Gilbert with his wife and two-year-old daughter. He has had fiction published (or waiting to be published) by DZ Allen's Muzzleflash fiction, PowderBurn flash, Flashshots, Darkest Before the Dawn, A Twist of Noir, Bad Things, Crooked, and Yellow Mama. He has also recently had a story selected for Podcast at Crimewav.com and has finished the first draft of a hard boiled crime novel tentatively titled, Retirement.
Eric Beetner is a film and TV editor, producer and writer in Los Angeles. He is currently shopping two crime novels and is a contributing editor to the Film Noir Foundation publication The Sentinel. More about his short fiction can be found at ericbeetner.blogspot.com and more about his film making can be found at the cleverly titled ericbeetner.com
Nolan Knight is a staff writer for the L.A. Record, an independent press that documents underground music and film. His stories have been featured in Thug Lit and most recently, Out of the Gutter issue 5. Currently he is polishing a novel entitled “The Bullet Treatment” for hopeful consumption by the agent and publishing racket. When not punching the keys, he dabbles in high art, mainly exotic themes captured by a woman on a poll dancing to rock ‘n’ roll. He can be reached at nknight81@yahoo.com.
Alan Griffiths, a rookie writer, from London , England . He has a keen interest in reading Crime Fiction, particularly Noir. Two other pieces of his short fiction can been found on A Twist of Noir, including Rat Fink, the first Priest story. All this makes him a very happy man.
Jonathan Woods lives in Dallas, Texas. His crime stories have appeared in 3:AM, Dogmatika, Sein und Werden and Plots with Guns. His reviews have appeared in 3:AM and Dogmatika. When not writing, he work in a small gallery (dahliawoodsgallery.com) and travels, most often to Mexico and Italy. Links to his published work are at: www.southernnoir.com.
Jake Nantz short fiction is forthcoming in Spinetingler Magazine. He is currently teaching high school Literature and Creative Writing in North Carolina.
Nick Barlay is the author of three acclaimed novels, Curvy Lovebox, Crumple Zone and Hooky Gear, mapping out the underbelly of contemporary London . Barlay was mentioned in Granta’s ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ in 2003. He has also written numerous short stories, award-winning radio plays and wide-ranging journalism. He was born in London to Hungarian refugee parents.
David James Keatono is in the MFA program at the University of Pittsburgh and a full-time closed captioner. His work has appeared in The College Rag and Hot Metal Bridge.
Jason Duke is a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and served 15 months in Iraq as part of OIF 07-09. Before joining the Army he went to Arizona State University and earned a BA in Public Relations. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Thuglit, Plots With Guns, A Twist of Noir, 3am Magazine, Suspect Thoughts, Shred of Evidence, Outsider Ink, The Hiss Quarterly, Dungeon Magazine, The Murder Hole, and A Cruel World.
Libby Cudmore has every intention of mailing a dead rat wrapped in her rapidly-growing resume--which includes regular contributions to Hardboiled and Pop Matters, as well as stories in Inertia, Battered Suitcase, the anthology Quantum Genre on the Planet of the Arts (with Matthew Quinn Martin) The Southern Women's Review, Shaking Like a Mountain and Crime and Suspense--to the Binghamton University English professor who told her she'd never become a writer. She is the self-proclaimed star of the Stonecoast MFA Pop Fiction program and maintains a hideout in upstate New York.
Steve Slatter writes fiction because there has to be more to life than reality. His stories are generally hard-edged, but soft-centred. The ways in which characters touch, engage and react – those are the avenues that interest him. Exploring the nature of love is an important theme for him. If a few characters get hurt along the way, sobeit.
