Welcome to the Sisters in Crime/LA Speakers Bureau. Our published authors are available for events large and small throughout the greater L. A. area. Below you'll find a sampling of what our members have to offer. To book an author or a panel of authors free of charge, or for any questions regarding the Speakers Bureau, please contact Eric Stone, Speakers Bureau Director, at SinCLAspeakersbureau@gmail.com.

 

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	Name: Shilpa Agarwal Website: www.shilpaagarwal.com Book: Haunting Bombay (Soho Press) Sub-genre: Supernatural mystery and literary/historical fiction Bio: Shilpa Agarwal is the author of Haunting Bombay, a bestselling literary ghost story that weaves together a gripping mystery and haunting supernatural spirits in a story of power and powerlessness, voice and silence in modern India. Haunting Bombay is a winner of the First Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers and a San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller. It will be published internationally in Italy, Spain, Russia, and India in 2010. Shilpa earned her B.A. from Duke University and graduate degrees in Comparative Literature from UCLA.  She has taught at both UCLA and UCSB and lives in Los Angeles.
	Name: Edward Arno     Website: www.edwardarno.com. Books: Coronation Souvenir; It’s Murder in Downtown Burbank; Broken Masks Cracked Eggs; The Loincloth of Gethsemane; Brighton Stone Wall Sub-genre: Amateur Sleuth Mystery Bio: Born in Birmingham England, Edward began his writing career with stage plays (The Great Custard Pie Mystery- National Theatre, London) and screenplays, Murder Story staring Christopher Lee –  Saruman in The Lord of the Rings. After several years producing mystery scripts for film and TV (Yellow Thread Street – Second season) Edward switched to writing mystery novels. He teaches business writing and Advisory Fundamentals for Corporate America. He has also developed several course in fiction writing, living in beautiful downtown Burbank CA.
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	Name: Aileen G. Baron Website:  www.aileengbaron.com Books: A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes, The Torch of Tangier, The Gold of Thrace, Scorpion's Bite Sub-genre: Cozy thrillers Bio: A retired Near Eastern archaeologist, Aileen G. Baron is the author of A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes, and The Torch of Tangier, both now available in paperback, and set in the Middle East during WW II, featuring archeologist Lily Sampson. In  Scorpion’s Bit, the third book in the Lily Sampson series, Lily is doing an archaeological survey of Trans-Jordan for the OSS. The Gold of Thrace, also published by Poisoned Pen Press, is a contemporary stand-alone about the intrigue and deceit in the antiquities trade.
	Name: Eva Batonne Website: www.evabatonne.com Book: Resurrection Diva (Zumaya Publications) Sub-genre: police procedural Bio: Eva hung out pretty tough with Pacific Homicide to do the research for Resurrection Diva. Crime scenes and police cars became like a second home. Like crime writers, homicide detectives are drawn to the work because they want to make things right.  Resurrection Diva is in the Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles and online at Amazon but Batonne wants it on the big screen so everybody can see it. Next, in the Joan Lambert series, is the inner workings of the LA art scene, Koreatown and a healer. Let's see what she does with that.
	Name: Joan Blacher Website: www.joanblacher.com Books:  Murder Canyon, 2nd Ed., 2010, Zumaya Publications. Sub-genre: Cozy, Amateur Sleuth Bio: Dr. Joan Blacher, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for the past twenty years. She is also a former university professor and director of its graduate Counseling and Guidance Program. She received an award from her peers for her literary contribution to the field of mental health as the co-author of Difficult Teens:  A Parents Guide for Coping. Lethal Lake, the second book in Ardis Jensen series will be published in 2011.
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	Name: Kate Carlisle Website: http://katecarlisle.com Books: Homicide in Hardcover (NAL 2009); If Books Could Kill (NAL 2010) Sub-genre: traditional mystery Bio:  New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle worked in television production for many years before starting law school, where she began writing fiction as a way to lawfully kill off evil professors. The murderous urges faded but her need to write remained strong, culminating in the publication of her 2009 bestselling debut novel, Homicide In Hardcover, the first book in the Bibliophile Mystery Series featuring rare book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright. Book two in the series, If Books Could Kill, arrives February 2010. Kate lives with her husband by the beach in Southern California.
	Name: Bruce Cook aka Brant Randall Website: www.brucecookonline.com Books: Philippine Fever (2006) Blood Harvest (2008) Tommy Gun Tango (2009) (Capital Crime Press) Sub-genre: hard boiled mystery thriller Bio: An independent feature film director/writer, I have taught at LA film colleges since '73. Also trained film makers in Manila about Hollywood techniques. Philippine Fever offers a view of a fascinating culture, where the CIA, terrorists, and smugglers interact. Blood Harvest explores the KKK in New England circa 1929, fact based historical noir. Tommy Gun Tango is fact based noir in 1932 Hollywood, the era when the studios controlled a corrupt LAPD. Currently I teach film students how to pitch their projects to Hollywood. I have frequently collaborated with Academy Award winning fellow novelist and SinC/LA member Robert Fate.
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	Name: Hannah Dennison Website: www.hannahdennison.com Books: A Vicky Hill Exclusive!, Scoop!  (Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin USA) Sub-genre: cozy Bio: Born in the UK, Hannah began her writing career as trainee reporter on a small West Country newspaper but soon got bitten by the travel bug. For a decade she worked as a flight attendant on private jets before moving to Los Angeles with her daughter and two cats. After several years as a story analyst in the entertainment industry, Hannah switched to long form narrative and enrolled in the UCLA Writer's Program. Hannah still works full-time for a west coast advertising company. She is married to a fellow writer.
	Name: Jane DiLucchio Website: www.janedilucchio.com Book: Relationships Can Be Murder (New Victoria) Sub-genre: Cozy Bio: Having driven all her friends and family crazy with her outrageous stories, Jane DiLucchio finally had to find new people to amuse, so she took to writing. Using her background as a teacher, college professor, amateur farmer, massage therapist, and outdoor enthusiast, she created Diega DelValle, elementary school teacher and reluctant sleuth, introduced in Relationships Can Be Murder. Jane lives in Burbank, CA which serves as the locale for Relationships Can Be Murder along with the rest of the San Fernando Valley.
	Name: Joan Del Monte Website: www.joandelmonte.com Books: PLONK GOES THE WEASEL, DEATH HAD A YELLOW THUMB, MUD BLOOD-Murder in the Sacramento Delta. Sub genre: Mystery, amateur sleuth Bio: Joan was a featured author at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., has taught courses in antiques at UCLA extension and the California State College system; lectured on antiques on radio, and wrote a bibliography of small antiques for the Los Angeles Public Library. She taught a course in writing the mystery novel at Santa Monica College, has a B.S. from Columbia University and an M.A. from U.C.L.A. She is a frequent public speaker on her books and the writer’s life. Joan lives in Venice, California.
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	Name: Robert Fate Website: www.robertfate.com Books: Baby Shark (Capital Crime Press), Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues, Baby Shark’s High Plains Redemption, Baby Shark’s Jugglers at the Border Sub-genre: Hard-boiled/action-adventure set in Texas in the 1950s Bio: Fate has written scripts for network TV, screenplays for features, produced an indie feature, and as a sp/fx technician won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement. A Marine Corps vet, he studied at the Sorbonne in France, worked as a TV cameraman and an oilfield roughneck in Oklahoma, a fashion model in NYC, a sales exec in Las Vegas, and a chef in L.A. His wife Fern is a yoga enthusiast and ceramic artist. Their fabulous daughter Jenny is a senior at USC. They live in Silver Lake in L.A., and have a dog, four cats, and a turtle named Pharrell.
	Name: Bill Fitzhugh Website: www.billfitzhugh.com Books: Pest Control, The Organ Grinders, Cross Dressing, Fender Benders, Heart Seizure, Radio Activity, Highway 61 Resurfaced (all published by HarperCollins imprints), The Adventures of Slim and Howdy Sub-genre: satiric crime novels Bio: Bill Fitzhugh is the award-winning author of seven satiric crime novels. The New York Times called him “a strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist. His facility and wit, and his taste for the perverse, put him in a league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.” His novels Pest Control and Cross Dressing are in development at Warner Brothers and Universal Studios respectively. Pest Control is also being developed as a radio series in Germany and as a stage musical for Broadway.
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	Name:  Madeline (M.M.) Gornell Website: http://www.mmgornell.com and http://www.mmgornell.wordpress.com Books: Uncle Si's Secret and Death of a Perfect Man (Aberdeen Bay) Genre: Cozy Bio:  M.M. Gornell is the author of two mystery novels, Uncle Si’s Secret and Death of a Perfect Man. She is a lifetime lover of mysteries of all types, and her favorite novelist is P. D. James. She is also a potter with a fondness for stoneware and reduction firing. M.M. Gornell lives with her husband and assorted canines in California’s high-desert.
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	Name: Lorie Ham Website:  www.LorieHam.com Books: Murder In Four Part Harmony, The Trouble With Tenors, Deadly Discrimination, Out of Tune, The Final Note Genre: Cozy Bio: Lorie Ham has been singing gospel music and writing since she was a child.  Her first song and poem were published when she was 13 and she has gone on to publish many articles, short stories and poems throughout the years as well as write for a her newspaper.  Lorie continues to sing and 4 of her 5 mystery novels feature a gospel singer. Her new project is an animal rescue mystery, another area where Lorie has experience. Soon she will be the publisher of a new online magazine called Kings River Life.  Lorie is married to Larry Ham, who works for a Christian radio production company. They have 2 children, Jessica and Joseph, 5 cats, 4 dogs and several rats.
	Name: Lois Hendricks Books: Edge of the Woods, Simon and Northrop Publishing Genre: Mystery thriller Bio: Over the years I have published poetry and numerous short stories. Born and raised a preacher's kid in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania I later migrated to Southern California where I rubbed elbows with movie stars at Paramount. Writing has always been my passion and I intend to continue living in the world of fiction. I currently have two books I'm planning to publish either with the help of my agent or on my own.
	Name: Dorothy Howell Website: www.DorothyHowellNovels.com Books: Handbags and Homicide, Purses and Poison, (hardcover, Kensington) Genre: humor, cozy Bio: Dorothy Howell writes a hilarious fashion sleuth mystery series which debuted with Handbags and Homicide, a Publishers Weekly starred review, and follow with Purses and Poison. She's written for two decades, selling 25 novels to three major New York publishing houses, with sales approaching 3 million copies worldwide. Foreign right to her mystery series have sold in the U.K., France and Thailand. She has also sold 23 historical romance novels, most under the pen name Judith Stacy. Dorothy has been a featured speaker at civic and womens' groups, and has appeared on panels and presented workshops at writers' conferences, meetings, and book festivals.  She's been on numerous TV and radio programs promoting her work.
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	Name: Sue Ann Jaffarian Website: www.sueannjaffarian.com Books: The Odelia Grey Mystery Series: Too Big To Miss (Midnight Ink), The Curse of the Holy Pail (Midnight Ink), Thugs and Kisses (Midnight Ink), Booby Trap (Midnight Ink), Corpse on the Cob (Midnight Ink); The Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series: Ghost a la Mode (Midnight Ink) Sub-genre: Cozy/soft-boiled Bio: Sue Ann Jaffarian is the author of the award-winning Odelia Grey mystery series, which features a middle-aged, plus size paralegal as a humorous amateur sleuth. In September 2009, Sue Ann will be debuting her new Ghost of Granny Apples paranormal mystery series, which will feature the sleuthing team of Granny Apples, a cantankerous 100 yr old ghost, and her very much alive great, great, great granddaughter, Emma Whitecastle. Granny and Emma are sure to win hearts and tickle funny bones. In addition to mysteries, Sue Ann also writes general fiction and short stories.
	Name:Darrell James Website:    www.authordarrelljames.com<http://www.authordarrelljames.com/> Book: Body Count: A Killer Collection (iUniverse) Sub-genre: Mystery/short story anthology Bio: Darrell James is a California writer living in Pasadena. His short stories have appeared in numerous mystery magazines and book anthologies, and have garnered a number of awards. Most recently, The Art of Avarice, as appearing in the book anthology Politics Noir was a 2009 Derringer finalist. Darrell is highly visible among his peers, serving on the Board of Directors of Sisters In Crime/LA, and as an Active member of the SoCal Chapter of Mystery Writer’s of America. His personal odyssey to publication appears in the Writer’s Digest book HOW I GOT PUBLISHED, along with J.A. Jance, David Morrell, Clive Cussler, and other notable authors.
	Name: Linda O. Johnston Website: www.lindaojohnston.com Books: Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries: Sit, Stay, Slay; Nothing to Fear But Ferrets; Fine-Feathered Death; Meow is for Murder; The Fright of the Iguana; Double Dog Dare; Never Say Sty; upcoming: Feline Fatale.  Also upcoming: spin-off mystery series about a pet rescuer.  (Berkley Prime Crime) Also: Alpha Wolf, Claws of the Lynx (e-novella, included in Awakening the Beast print anthology) and Back to Life; upcoming: Alaskan Wolf and more (Silhouette Nocturne) Sub-genre: cozy mystery; dark series paranormal romance Bio: Linda O. Johnston has authored 24 novels. In her Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime, protagonist Kendra is a lawyer who lives in the Hollywood Hills with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Lexie. Linda is also a lawyer who lives in the Hollywood Hills with her Cavalier Lexie. However, Linda, fortunately, does not trip over dead bodies.
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	Name: Amnon Kabatchnik Website: http://www.amnonkabatchnik.com/ Books: Blood on the Stage 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection; Blood on the Stage Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection, An Annotated Repertoire, 1900–1925; Sherlock Holmes on the Stage: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring the Great Detective (Scarecrow Press) Sub-genre:  Non-Fiction (works center on the study of crime fiction written or adapted for the stage) Bio:Amnon Kabatchnik holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in Directing. He has been a member of the director’s unit with the Actors Studio in New York and has been appointed professor of theater at the State University of New York at Binghamton, Stanford University , Ohio State University, Florida State University  and Elmira College. Kabatchnik has written a weekly column of book reviews for the Tallahassee Democrat, the Corning Leader, the Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York, and the Chemung Valley Reporter. He has also contributed articles and reviews to The Armchair Detective, Mystery News, Clues, and other journals in the field of suspense.
	Name: Gay Toltl Kinman Website: http://gaykinman.com Books: Death in Covent Garden (Hilliard and Harris); Castle Reiner, young adult (Clocktower Books); 5 Super Sleuth: Five Alison Leigh Powers Mysteries, children’s mysteries (Amber Quill Press); “Miss Parker and the Cutter Sanborn Tables” in A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles (UglyTown); “Neither Tarnished nor Afraid” in Murder on Sunset Boulevard (Top Publications); “Catnapping” in Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation (St. Martin’s Press); co-edited Desserticide II aka Just Desserts and Deathly Advice (No Crime Unpublished); “Deathly Sweet Chocolate and Caramel Cake” in A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers, non-fiction (Poisoned Pen Press); as well as plays and articles. Sub-genre: cozy Bio: Gay Toltl Kinman writes cozy mysteries short stories, short plays, children's, young adult, and adult novels. In the non-fiction mystery field, Kinman also co-edited a (SINCLA) cookbook; had a recipe in a cookbook; had an article in an online PR book; co-edited a (SINC) non-fiction book; and an interview in a Bouchercon program. Kinman has library and law degrees and has worked in both fields.
	Name: Harley Jane Kozak Website: www.harleyjanekozak.com Books: Dating Dead Men, Dating is Murder, Dead Ex, A Date You Can't Refuse (all published by Doubleday/Broadway) Sub-genre: amateur sleuth Bio: Harley Jane Kozak, a sometimes actress, lives with her family in California’s Conejo Valley. Her debut novel, Dating Dead Men, won the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Its sequel was Dating is Murder, followed by Dead Ex and A Date You Can’t Refuse. her short prose has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Soap Opera Digest, The Sun, The Santa Monica Review, and the anthologies Mystery Muses, This is Chick Lit and a Hell of a Woman. She blogs regularly on The Lipstick Chronicles (http://thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/the_lipstick_chronicles/)
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	Name: Laura Levine Website: n/a Books: This Pen for Hire, Last Writes, Killer Blonde, Shoes to Die For, The PMS Murder, Death by Pantyhose, Killing Bridezilla, Killer Cruise (all from Kensington); A novella in Candy Cane Murder, a three-novella anthology.  (Lead author:  Joanne Fluke) Sub-genre: comedy, chick-lit, cozy, amateur detective Bio: Laura Levine is a former sitcom writer (The Bob Newhart Show, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, Three’s Company, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)  As an advertising copywriter, she created Count Chocula and Frankenberry cereals for General Mills. Her work has been published in The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. A New York Times bestselling author, her Jaine Austen mysteries have been published internationally. When not writing mysteries, she contributes comedy material to Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”  She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.
	Name: Paul Levine Website: http://www.paul-levine.com    http://www.nakedauthors.com Books: Trial & Error (Bantam), Solomon vs. Lord (nominated for the Macavity Award and for the Thurber Prize for American Humor) The Deep Blue Alibi (nominated for an Edgar), Kill all the Lawyers (finalist for the Thriller Award), and Illegal (Bantam) Sub-genre: legal thrillers/humor Bio: I wrote 21 episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG" and got to land on an aircraft carrier and steer a submarine...meaning I spent more time in the military than President Bush.  I also co-created the Supreme Court show "First Monday," a ratings disaster with a demographic slightly older than John McCain and slightly younger than Andy Rooney.
	Name: Robert S. Levinson Website: www.robertslevinson.com Books: The Traitor in Us All (Five Star/Gale; February 2010), In the Key of Death (Five Star/Gale), Where the Lies Begin (Five Star/Gale), Ask a Dead Man (Five Star/Gale), Hot Paint (Forge), The John Lennon Affair (Forge), The James Dean Affair (Forge), The Elvis and Marilyn Affair (Forge) Sub-genre: mystery/thriller Bio: Bob is the best-selling author of eight novels, four in the Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner "Affair" series and four stand-alones, and a 2009 Derringer Award winner for his short story, "The Quick Brown Fox." He is frequently featured in the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines and was voted an Ellery Queen Readers Award favorite three years in a row, while his short stories have appeared in "year's best" anthologies five years running. His plays have been staged at RiverPark Center, Owensboro, KY, and nominated for "Angie" awards of the International Mystery Writers Festival.
	Name: Kathryn Lilley Website: www.kathrynlilley.com Books: Makeovers Can Be Murder (Signet), A Killer Workout (Signet), Dying To Be Thin (Signet) Sub-genre: soft boiled Bio: Kathryn Lilley is the author of the bestselling Fat City Mysteries series, which features a spunky, slightly chunky TV-news reporter as a humorous female sleuth. She previously was a contract writer for four books in the Nancy Drew YA series. Susan Kandel has said of the character Kate Gallagher, "Plus-sized TV producer Kate Gallagher is as irresistible as pint of mocha chip ice cream--without the guilt!"
	Name: Sheila Lowe Website: www.claudiaroseseries.com and www.sheilalowe.com Books: Poison Pen (Penguin/Obsidian), Written in Blood (Penguin/Obsidian), Dead Write (Penguin/Obsidian), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Handwriting Analysis (Alpha), Handwriting of the Famous & Infamous (Thunder Bay) Sub-genre: psychological suspense Bio: Sheila Lowe is a court-qualified handwriting expert and award-winning author. Her non-fiction works include Handwriting of the Famous & Infamous and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis. Her Forensic Handwriting Mysteries series features handwriting expert, Claudia Rose, whose handwriting analysis practice mirrors Sheila’s own. Poison Pen, the first book in the series, garnered a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. Her analyses of celebrity handwritings have appeared in national media, and she’s written for numerous Bar Association magazines (that's legal, not drinking).
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	Name: Jack Maeby Website: www.jackmaeby.com Book: The Thorazine Mirrorball (Wild Child Publishing) Sub Genre: Mystery Bio: Jack Maeby has been a working musician for more than 30 years, playing jazz and R&B in clubs, recording studios and concert venues around the world. He is also a published songwriter and playwright whose works were performed at Playwrights Horizons in New York and the McCarter Theater in Princeton. An excerpt from his novel, The Thorazine Mirrorball, received a 2005 James Kirkwood Literary Award.
	Name:  Michael Mallory Website: www.michaelmallory.com Books: The Exploits of the Second Mrs. Watson, Murder in the Bath, The Adventures of the Second Mrs. Watson (Top Publications), Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years (anthology - St. Martin's Minotaur) Sub-genre: Historical Bio: Derringer Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee, he is best known for his Amelia Watson stories.  Amelia is the second wife of Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes' friend and accomplice.  In addition to the usual book talks, Michael gives presentations on the history of the mystery genre, mystery in the media, and marketing your own book.
	Name: Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredith Website: http://fictionforyou.com Books: Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series: Dispel the Mist, Kindred Spirits, Judgment Fire, Calling the Dead (Mundania Press); Rocky Bluff P.D. Crime series: No Sanctuary (Oaktree Press) Sub-genre: Native American/Police Procedural  Bio: Marilyn Meredith is the author of over twenty-five published novels, including the award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series, the latest Dispel the Mist from Mundania Press. Under the name of F. M. Meredith she writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. crime series, No Sanctuary is the newest from Oak Tree Press. She is a member of EPIC, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. She makes her home in Springville CA, much like Bear Creek where Deputy Tempe Crabtree lives.
	Name: Tekla Dennison Miller Website: www.teklamiller.com Books: Life Sentences, a novel about women who love men who kill (Medallion Press); The Warden Wore Pink, a memoir about my corrections career including as the warden of a men's maximum security prison (Biddle Publishing); A Bowl of Cherries, a memoir about my childhood that reads like a suspense (Publish America). Inevitable Sentences, a novel and the second in the Chad Wilbanks series (Medallion Press) Sub-genre: suspense, romantic suspense, memoir Bio: Tekla, the former warden of a men’s maximum and women’s multi-level security prisons outside Detroit, MI., is a national speaker on criminal justice and women’s issues. She was a consultant on a TV prison movie. Her writing is often humorous, occasionally tragic and always an illuminating account of prison life.
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	Name: Gary Phillips Website: www.gdphillips.com Book: Freedom's Fight (Parker Publishing), High Rollers (graphic novel, Boom! Studios) and Politics Noir (ed., Verso) Sub-genre: Hardboiled Bio: Among his various pursuits, Gary Phillips has been one of those maligned community organizers, a security guard, a printer, taught incarcerated youth, delivered dog cages, been a labor rep, run nonprofits and worked in electoral campaigns. These and other experiences that shall remain unmentioned have supplied material for the numerous tales of the grift, the grab and the dust-off he's written in formats from short stories to screenplays. Phillips has been nominated for a Shamus, and won a Chester Himes and Brody awards.  He writes a regular column for Mystery Scene magazine.
	Name: Gayle Bartos-Pool (G.B.Pool) Website: www.gbpool.com Book: Media Justice (Spygame Press) Sub-genre: female private detective Bio: A former private detective and once a reporter for a small weekly newspaper, Gayle Bartos-Pool has one published book, Media Justice, and several short stories in anthologies, LAndmarked for Murder and Little Sisters Volume 1. The former Speakers Bureau Director for Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles, she is also a member of Mystery Writers of America. Her latest short story appears in the anthology, Dying in a Winter Wonderland, which was voted one of the Top Ten of Softcover Books as selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) of 2008.
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	Name: Kwei Quartey Website: http://www.kweiquartey.com Book: Wife of the Gods (Random House) Sub-genre: Police procedural Bio: Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana and raised by an African American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom were university lecturers. Even though his professional writing career began after he became a physician, his desire to be a writer began at the early age of eight. Kwei Quartey now lives in Pasadena, California. He writes early in the morning before setting out to work at HealthCare Partners, where he runs a wound care clinic and is the lead physician at an urgent care center. He is working on his next novel.
	Name: L. M. (Linda) Quinn Website: www.writingame.com and http://lmquinn-in-lala.blogspot.com/ Book: Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (Arte Público Press, March 2009) Sub-genre: amateur sleuth Bio: L. M. Quinn works and lives in L.A. Fiction is her passion, but she's also delved into book reviews and travel writing (in ELLE and Travel 50 & Beyond magazines). Using her ensalada mixta (half Mexican, half Russian) background, she adds spice to her short stories and novels. In March 2009, her short story "A Not So Clear Case of Murder" was included in the anthology Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (Arte Público Press). She is currently working on a mystery set in L.A.
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	Name: Barbara Reed Website: www.barbarareed.org Book: High Notes are Murder (Rare Sound Press) Sub-genre: amateur sleuth (not cozy) Bio: I’ve been a professional musician for more than 25 years so the subject area is old hat for me. I wanted to write a more realistic book within the business that shows passionate characters striving for their goals in the same way that one would in any field. Most books give the illusion of a glitzy, drug-driven world, but most musicians lead very normal lives. (Really, we do.) In High Notes are Murder, singer, songwriter Liz Hanlon finally receives a chance for international fame with live TV concerts, but when she discovers the body of her own cousin at the foot of the stage she is entangled in a twenty-five-year-old music business scandal.
	Name: Starr Reina Website: www.QueenWriter.com Books: Cruel Whispers, Cruel Past (Publish America) Sub-genre: romantic suspense/mysteries Bio: Cruel Whispers, set in a small Southern Californian town: Author Ronald Nussbeck said, "...a dramatic epic and thrilling story of love, friendship, and betrayal. ...so real to life that you find yourself falling under the book's spell." Cruel Past, set in upstate New York: Editor, author Terri Armstrong said "Cruel Past is an amazing work of literary genius! ...you are held captive in your seat, waiting and wanting to see what happens next."
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	Name: Pamela Samuels Young Website: www.pamelasamuelsyoung.com Books:  Buying Time (Goldman House Publishing - 2009), Murder on the Down Low (Goldman House Publishing - 2008), In Firm Pursuit (Harlequin - 2007), Every Reasonable Doubt (Harlequin - 2006) Sub-genre: Legal Thriller Bio:  Pamela Samuels Young is a practicing attorney and author of the legal thrillers, Buying Time, Murder on the Down Low, Every Reasonable Doubt and In Firm Pursuit.  A desire to see women and people of color represented in today's legal fiction prompted Pamela to start writing despite a busy career as an attorney.  The former journalist and Compton native is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law.  Pamela is the fiction writing expert for BizyMoms.com and is on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America.
	Name: Gerald Schiller Website: geraldaschiller.com<http://geraldaschiller.com> Books: Deadly Dream (InterContinental Publishing); Death Underground (InterContinental Publishing); The Man Who Defied Death (InterContinental Publishing); The Abracadabra Kid (InterContinental Publishing); The Dog that Belonged to No One (InterContinental Publishing); Two Dogs, an Emperor and Me (InterContinental Publishing); True Stories of Old California (InterContinental Publishing); More True Stories of Old California (InterContinental Publishing); It Happened in Hollywood (Globe Pequot Press) Sub-genre: Mystery, young adult and history Bio: Gerald Schiller is the author of nine books (four of them mysteries) as well as children's books and books about California history. A long time member of Sisters in Crime and past president of the Ventura County Writers Club, his most recent book (for Globe Pequot Press) is IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD. The book is a collection of short articles about many fascinating events that happened over the years in Hollywood. They include scandals, crimes, ground-breaking events in the movie business, and incidents involving many famous film personalities. Gerry is also a performing member of the famous Hollywood Magic Castle and entertains throughout the U.S.
	Name: Jeff Sherratt Website: www.jeffsherratt.com Books: The Brimstone Murders (Echelon Press), Guilty Or Else (Echelon Press) Sub-genre: medium boiled Bio: Mystery writer, Jeff Sherratt lives in Newport Beach, California with his wife, Judy. He is a member of Sisters in Crime, an organization combating discrimination against women in the mystery field, and the professional association, Mystery Writers of America. Jeff is currently working on the next book in the Jimmy O’Brien series, Detour To Murder, scheduled for release on May 4, 2010.
	Name: Patricia Smiley Website: www.patriciasmiley.com and www.nakedauthors.com Books: False Profits (Warner Books), Cover Your Assets (Warner Books), Short Change (NAL/Penguin) Cool Cache (Obsidian/Penguin) Sub-genre: a humorous amateur sleuth in the Sue Grafton mode. Bio: Patricia Smiley writes a bestselling mystery series, featuring amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Two of the Deadliest, an anthology edited by Elizabeth George. Patty has taught writing workshops at the Surrey International Writers Conference in British Columbia, as well as at other venues. She is also a Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department, currently working as a burglary/theft investigator.
	Name: Morgan St. James Websites: www.silversistersmysteries.com and www.morganstjames-author.com Books: A Corpse in the Soup, Seven Deadly Samovars, authored with Phyllice Bradner (L&L Dreamspell, audio book versions Books in Motion); Chicken Soup for the Shoppers’ Soul: “Shopping for Dancing Shoes”; Chicken Soup for the Soul-Celebrating People Who Make a Difference: “Measuring Miracles by Leaps and Bounds”; The World Outside the Window: “Saying Goodbye to Miss Molly”; Coming in 2010-The Mystery of the Green Mist: “Trust No One”; Dreamspell Nightmares” “Tomorrow”; writing as Arliss Adams –A Dream Lost, The Devil’s Due Sub-genres: Cozy, Romantic Suspense Bio: Morgan writes the Silver Sisters comical crime caper series with her sister, Phyllice Bradner. Their twin sleuths, Goldie and Godiva are as different as Goodwill and Gucci, and many of their schemes backfire. Morgan also writes short stories and other books on her own. She is a frequent guest speaker and panel member with subjects including: Novice to Novelist, Pumping Up Your Presentation, Crafting Twists and Dropping Clues and Writing With a Long Distance Partner.
	Name: Eric Stone Website: www.ericstone.com  Books: Shanghaied (Bleak House Books), Flight of the Hornbill (Bleak House Books), Grave Imports (Bleak House Books), The Living Room of the Dead (Bleak House Books), Wrong Side of the Wall (Lyons Press) Sub-genre: International thriller/noir & true crime/biography Bio: Eric Stone worked for many years as a writer, reporter, photographer, editor and publisher in the U.S. and Asia, covering everything from economics to crime; politics to sex, drugs and rock & roll. He once wrote an advice to the lovelorn column for a bi-lingual (English-Chinese) fashion magazine. He has traveled the world for both work and play, and currently lives in Los Angeles.
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	Name: Kate Thornton Website: http://www.katethornton.net/ Books: Short story writer with over 100 stories in print Sub-genre: Short stories with a humorous twist Bio: With stories in three of SINC/LA's anthologies and numerous books and magazines, retired US Army officer and federal agent Kate Thornton has been writing for publication for over ten years. She teaches workshops on writing short stories and enjoys writing both mysteries and science fiction. She lives in a marvelous mid-century modern house with her husband of 30 years and their pets.
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	Name: Robert Weibezahl Website: www.robertweibezahl.com Books: The Wicked and the Dead (Quiet Storm); A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers, non-fiction (Dell, Poisoned Pen Press); A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers, non-fiction (Poisoned Pen Press) Sub-genre: soft-boiled/L.A. noir light Bio: For The Wicked and the Dead, the debut mystery featuring screenwriter/amateur sleuth Billy Winnetka, Robert Weibezahl drew on his own experiences working in the Hollywood salt mines for seven years, including various capacities of film production on features and television movies for Paramount, Universal, Fox, Lorimar (Warner Bros.), MGM, NBC, CBS, and Skouras. A two-time Agatha and Macavity Award finalist for non-fiction, he also writes the monthly Well Read column for Book Page.
	Name: Jeri Westerson Website: www.jeriwesterson.com Books: Veil of Lies, Serpent in the Thorns (Minotaur) Sub-genre: hard-boiled, PI, Medieval Noir Bio: Noir and hard-boiled fiction seem to be in Jeri Westerson’s blood. She was born and bred on the mean streets of Los Angeles, inhaling smog and enduring earthquakes. Newspaper reporter, would-be actress, graphic artist, amateur historian; these are the things she spent her time on before becoming a novelist. She took all that gritty edginess and plunked it into the Middle Ages, creating the newest hard-boiled detective, Crispin Guest; disgraced knight turned PI, solving crimes on the mean streets of fourteenth century London for sixpence a day...plus expenses.
	Name: Lori Wolf Website: www.loriwolf.com Book: Parrot on a Limb (POD) Sub-genre: Medium-boiled with animals, paranormal/new age set in California Bio: Lori Wolf is the author of Parrot on a Limb, a New Age pastoral noir series, based in Ojai, California. Former cop and wannabe former PI (The job will never let him go!) Quinn McKay is the handyman/shepherd for a mysterious guitar maker. However, murder and mayhem begin to surround her, which drags a reluctant Quinn into the investigation. It also doesn't help Quinn's attitude that his girlfriend is missing in Canada. Lori teaches English and ESL at Los Angeles Pierce College and Moorpark College.
	Name: Daryl Wood Gerber, Pen name: Avery Aames Website: www.darylwoodgerber.com and www.averyaames.com Books: The Long Quiche Goodbye Sub-genre: Cozy mystery Bio: Daryl writes suspense thrillers and amateur sleuth novels. For the latter, she uses the pseudonym Avery Aames and writes A Cheese Shop Mystery Series for Berkley Prime Crime, the first of which is The Long Quiche Goodbye, due out July, 2010. Daryl created the format for the popular sit-com, Out of this World and has won awards for her screenplays. She also has had short stories published. Not one to simply read and cook, she tends to look for adventure.  She has hitchhiked around Ireland by herself and she has jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.
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	Name:  Alice Zogg Website: www.alicezogg.com Books: Turn the Joker Around (Aventine Press), Tracking Backward (Aventine Press), The Lonesome Autocrat (Aventine Press), The Fall of Optimum House (Aventine Press), Final Stop Albuquerque (Aventine Press) Sub-genre:  Modern Time "'Old-Fashioned" Whodunnits Bio: Alice Zogg was born and raised in Switzerland. She met her husband, a fellow Swiss, in New York City, and the two made their home in the United States.  The family relocated to Southern California in 1967, where they have resided since.  Alice is the author of the R.A. Huber Mystery Series. Longing for excitement after she retires, Huber decides to start a second career and opens her own business as a private investigator. Soon the gutsy private eye's cases take her on journeys to Catalina, Lake Tahoe, the Central Mexico region, all the way to Davos, Switzerland, back to Big Bear Lake, and in the latest book to the balloon festival in Albuquerque.

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