Criminal Minds: December 2009

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Mondays with Angela

Angela Crook writes dark thrillers mostly centered around family drama. She has a short story, “Bitter,” featured in the anthology, Cleveland Noir. Her debut traditionally published novel, Hurt Mountain, was released March 1, 2024. She lives in Shaker Hts., Ohio with a boy and 3 cats.

Mondays with Matthew

Matthew is a playwright, lyricist, educator, and novelist (writing as M.S. Greene). Matthew lives in New York, works in theatre, writes a lot, and teaches young people to do the same. His debut novel THERE'S NO MURDER LIKE SHOW MURDER is available now from Crooked Lane Books.

Tuesdays with Gabriel

Gabriel Valjan writes historical crime fiction. He is the recipient of the Macavity Award for Best Short Story and he has been listed for the Bridport and Fish Prizes, the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Silver Falchion Awards. He lives in Boston’s South End and answers to a tuxedo cat named Munchkin. https://gabrielvaljan.com/

Tuesdays with Terry

Terry Shames writes the Macavity Award-winning Samuel Craddock series, set in small-town Texas. BookPeople has twice dubbed her one of the top five Texas mystery authors.

Wednesdays with Eric

Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson” by LitReactor. Author of over 30 novels and novellas including Rumrunners, The Devil Doesn't Want Me, There and Back and The Last Few Miles Of Road, along the way he’s been nominated for an ITW award, a Shamus, Derringer and three Anthony awards. He’s won none of them. Also a prolific short story author, he's published over 100 shorts in over 30 anthologies and magazines. He lives in Los Angeles where he works in the TV business and has garnered 7 Emmy nominations for editing. He's also won none of those.

Wednesdays with Dietrich

Dietrich Kalteis is the critically acclaimed author of thirteen novels and winner of the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Crime Novel for Under an Outlaw Moon. He enjoys life with his family on Canada’s West Coast. www.dietrichkalteis.com

Thursdays with Catriona

Catriona McPherson is the multi-award-winning and national bestselling author of the Dandy Gilver historical detective series, the Last Ditch Motel comic series, and numerous contemporary standalone suspense novels. Catriona lives in northern California with a black cat and a scientist. http://catrionamcpherson.com/

Thursdays with Jim

Winner of the Anthony, Barry, and Macavity awards, James W. Ziskin (Jim) is the author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries. His books and short stories have also been finalists for the Edgar, Agatha, and Lefty awards. jameswziskin.com

Fridays with Poppy

Poppy Gee writes literary mysteries set in Tasmania, a small island off the coast of mainland Australia, where she grew up. She has published two novels: Bay of Fires and Vanishing Falls. Poppy’s background is in newspaper and magazine journalism. She runs crime fiction workshops for the Queensland Writers Centre and local bookshops, and is the founder of the Brisbane Crime Fiction Literary Dinner series. She’s very passionate about connecting crime readers and writers.

Fridays with Harini

Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology who also writes a historical crime series set in 1920s colonial India. Her first fiction book, The Bangalore Detectives Club, was shortlisted for the Lefty, Agatha, Anthony, and Historical Dagger, and featured in the New York Times Notable Books of 2022. Harini lives in Bangalore with her family, in a home filled with maps. She loves trees, mysteries, and traditional recipes.

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