by Grace Topping
We at Writers Who Kill are very proud of the twenty-three authors who contribute to our blog. You’ve been reading their posts, but you may not know much about these talented writers. So here is a brief introduction to eleven of them. The others will be introduced next month. Check out their short stories and novels, which feature a mystery or two.
Paula Gail Benson
Paula is a legislative attorney by day and mystery writer by night. She is well known for her short stories and her original Christmas plays. Her most recent story is “Crossfire in the Crosshairs” in A Death in the Night. Be on the lookout (BOLO) for “Only Absent for a Time” in the eclipse anthology Dark of the Day, coming April 1, 2024.
www.paulgailbenson.com
Connie Berry
Connie is the author of the Kate Hamilton Mystery Series. Set in the United Kingdom, her series follows an American antiques dealer with a knack for solving crimes. Her most recent publication is a novella, Mistletoe and Murder. BOLO for A Collection of Lies, another Kate Hamilton mystery, coming June 18, 2024.
www.connieberry.com
Sarah E. Burr
Sarah produces multiple books a year, juggling four different mystery series (Trending Topic Mysteries, Glenmyre Whim Mysteries, Book Blogger Mysteries, and Court of Mystery series). Her latest Trending Topic book, DM Me for Murder, was recently released. BOLO for the latest in her Glenmyre Whim Mysteries, Flying Off the Candle, coming in May. www.saraheburr.com
Kait Carson
Kait is an accomplished SCUBA diver and uses her diving experience to write the Hayden Kent mystery series set in the steamy tropical heat of Florida. Her most recent release was Death Dive. BOLO for the first in her new series, tentatively titled Maine Lodge Mysteries. This one is set in the frigid environs of Maine. www.kaitcarson.com
Annette Dashofy
Annette writes the Zoe Chambers mystery series about a deputy coroner in rural Pennsylvania and the Detective Honeywell Mysteries, featuring Matthias Honeywell and freelance photographer Emma Anderson. Her most recent publication was Keep Your Family Close. BOLO for What Comes Around, being released in May.www.annettedashofy.com
E. B. Davis
E. B. established the WWK blog in 2010 and has watched it grow to 23 regular contributors. She interviews authors at WWK and serves as the Education Coordinator of the Sisters in Crime Guppy chapter. Her short stores have appeared in anthologies from the Triangle, Guppy, and Chesapeake Chapters of SinC. Her last short story, “Stevie and Keith for the Save" was published in Carolina Crimes: Rock, Roll, and Ruin. Links to her short stories can be found at
www.ebdavismysteries.com
Mary Dutta
Mary is known for short stories with a twist and some laughs. Her most recent story, “Deceit by Design,” was published in Paradise is Deadly: Gripping Tales from Florida’s Gulf Coast. BOLO for Mary’s next “twisty” mystery, “Bridesmaid #1” in First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, coming this fall. www.marydutta.com
Nancy Eady
Nancy is an attorney by day, blogger by night, and an active member of Sisters in Crime, where she coordinated their Fantasy Agent program. In addition to contributing to Writers Who Kill, Nancy blogs about her adventures as a working mom. www.workingmomadventures.com
Debra H. Goldstein
Debra is the author of the Sarah Blair Mystery Series, which is about a woman who finds being in the kitchen more frightening than murder. She is also known for her numerous short stories, including “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place” in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. BOLO for seven short stories she has coming out in 2024 and 2025. www.debrahgoldstein.com
Margaret S. Hamilton
Margaret S. Hamilton has published thirty short stories in various anthologies, including “Pickup at the Main Street Diner” in Put Out the Lights and Cry. BOLO for her debut amateur sleuth mystery, What the Artist Left Behind, set in an interior design shop. It is currently under submission by her agent.www.margaretshamilton.com
Lori Roberts Herbst
Lori is the author of the Callie Cassidy mystery series, which features a prize-winning photojournalist who returns to her home in the Rocky Mountains to start over. Lori’s recent publication was Negative Reaction, Book 5 in the series. BOLO for Graven Images, which will be released on April 23, 2024. www.lorirobertsherbst.com
