Vengeance. Mystery Writers of America Presents B00A25NLU4

published in September 2011 by Midnight Ink/Llewellyn Worldwide Publishing. His personal odyssey to publication appears in the
Writer’s Digest
book
How I Got Published,
along with essays by J. A. Jance, David Morrell, Clive Cussler, and many other notable authors.
    Janice Law is a novelist who frequently commits short mystery stories. Her first novel, “The Big Payoff,” was nominated for an Edgar, and her stories have been reprinted in
The Best American Mystery Stories, The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Alfred Hitchcock’s Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, Riptide, Still Waters,
and the fabulist anthology
ParaSpheres
.
    C. E. Lawrence is the byline of a New York-based suspense writer, performer, composer, poet, and prize-winning playwright whose previous books have been praised as “lively” (
Publishers Weekly
); “constantly absorbing” (starred
Kirkus Review
); and “superbly crafted prose”(
Boston Herald
).
Silent Screams, Silent Victim,
and
Silent Kill
are the first three books in her Lee Campbell thriller series. Her other work is published under the name of Carole Bugge. Her first Sherlock Holmes novel,
The Star of India,
has recently been released in England by Titan Publishing. Visit her website at celawrence.com.
    Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston. Since his first novel,
A Drink Before the War,
won the Shamus Award, he has published, with William Morrow, eight more novels that have been translated into more than thirty languages and become international bestsellers:
Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone Baby Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day;
and
Moonlight Mile
.
Mystic River, Shutter Island,
and
Gone Baby Gone
have been made into award-winning films. Dennis Lehane and his wife divide their time between St. Petersburg, Florida, and Boston. Visit his website at www.dennislehanebooks.com.
    Steve Liskow is a member of both Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and serves on panels for both groups. His stories have appeared in
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
and several anthologies, and his novels include
Who Wrote the Book of Death?, The Whammer Jammers,
and the newly released
Cherry Bomb
. A former English teacher, he often conducts writing workshops throughout central Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Barbara, and two rescued cats. Visit his website at www.steveliskow.com.
    Rick McMahan is a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The year 2012 marks his twentieth in law enforcement. Rick’s work takes him to counties across central and southeastern Kentucky, including Bell County, the area featured in “Moonshiner’s Lament.” His mystery stories have appeared in various publications, including the Mystery Writers of America anthology
Death Do Us Part
. He also has a story in the International Association of Crime Writers’ forthcoming collection of crime fiction from around the world.
    Adam Meyer is the author of the suspense novel
The Last Domino
. His short fiction has appeared in
The Year’s Best Horror Stories, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories,
and other anthologies. He also wrote and directed the independent feature film
Two Fireflies
and has written television series for Fox, the Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. A native New Yorker, he now lives in Washington, DC. Visit his website at www.adsasylum.com.
    Dreda Say Mitchell is a novelist, broadcaster, journalist, and freelance education consultant who describes herself as a “complete busybody.” She is the author of five novels. Her debut novel,
Running Hot,
was awarded Britain’s 2005 CWA’s John Creasey Dagger for best first crime novel. She has appeared on BBC television’s
Newsnight
and
The Review Show
and has presented BBC Radio 4’s
Open Book.
She was the 2011 chair of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. Her commitment and passion for raising the life chances of working-class children through education has been called inspirational and life-changing. Visit her website at www.dredasaymitchell.com.
    Michael Niemann has traveled widely through Europe and southern Africa. He has published the short story “Kosi Bay” in
Mysterical-E
and a number of nonfiction items on global and African affairs. A native German, he now lives in southern Oregon and is busy finishing up a novel featuring Valentin Vermeulen. Visit www.michael-niemann.com.
    A Stanford graduate and former (vengeful)