Author Bios...

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 Award.

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.

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.

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

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 former newspaper reporter who covered government, night crime, homicide and gangs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since then, he has worked as an editor, ghostwriter, speechwriter and video producer. His ghostwriting has appeared in a variety of publications, including Newsweek, USA Today and

Financial Times. His fiction has appeared in Demolition and Thuglit. 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.

Tony Black's first novel PAYING FOR IT is to be published by Random House in 2008. Ken Bruen kindly praised the book, saying 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". More of his writing can be found online at: Scotsman.com, Thug Lit, Shots Magazine, Demolition and in Out of the Gutter 3. Black lives and works in Edinburgh. Reach him at: t_black_uk@yahoo.co.uk and www.tonyblack.net 

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.

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.