Elaine L. Orr authors four mystery series, including the thirteen-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series, which is set at the Jersey shore. "Behind the Walls" was short-listed for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Awards. First in her three-book River's Edge mystery series was "From Newsprint to Footprints," followed by "Demise of a Devious Neighbor." Iowa nice meets murder. The second River's Edge book was a Chanticleer shortlister in 2017.

Small-town Illinois is the site for the Logland Series -- "Tip a Hat to Murder," "Final Cycle," and "Final Operation." This series features Police Chief Elizabeth Friedman -- a police procedural with a cozy feel. The Western Maryland mountains host the four-book Family History Mystery Series, which began with "Least Trodden Ground." The "Unscheduled Murder Trip" received a B.R.A.G. Medallion.

Elaine also writes plays and novellas, including the one-act, "Common Ground," published in 2015. Her novella, "Biding Time," was one of five finalists in the National Press Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. "Falling into Place" is a novella about family strength as a World War II veteran rises to the toughest occasion. "In the Shadow of Light" is the fictional story of Corozón and her family, who are separated at the U.S./Mexico border.

Elaine conducts presentations on electronic publishing and other writing-related topics. Nonfiction includes "Words to Write By: Getting Your Thoughts on Paper" and "Writing When Time is Scarce." She also presents online classes about writing and publishing. You can find her classes at LearnDesk.

A member of Sisters in Crime and the Independent Book Publishers Association, Elaine grew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994. Elaine graduated from the University of Dayton with a BA in Political Science and from the American University with an MA in Government. She worked for GAO and the National Academy of Public Administration for many years, and for two Iowa members of the U.S. House of Representatives -- one Republican and one Democrat.

Elaine did some journalism course work at the University of Maryland and has taken fiction courses from The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD, the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and Georgetown University's Continuing Education Program.

Nancy Lynn Jarvis was a Santa Cruz, California, Realtor for twenty-five years but was having so much fun writing that she let her license lapse in May of 2013.

After earning a BA in behavioral science from San Jose State University, she worked in the advertising department of the San Jose Mercury News. A move to Santa Cruz meant a new job as a librarian and later a stint as the business manager of Shakespeare/Santa Cruz. Nancy's work history reflects her philosophy: people should try something radically different every few years.

In the course of writing seven books in the Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries series, Nancy took some detours. She wrote "Mags and the AARP Gang," a novel Nancy thinks was channeled through her by an eighty-three-year-old woman with a story to tell, and a little insider's book "The Truth About Hosting Airbnb." She also edited "Cozy Food: 128 Cozy Mystery Writers Share Their Favorite Recipes," and most recently, "Santa Cruz Weird," a short story anthology with contributions from seventeen Santa Cruz writers.

She has four books available in a new series, PIP Inc. Mysteries and is working on the fifth, but she got sidetracked again and is editing "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories" which will be released before the end of 2023.

She'd love to hear from you about what you might like to read.

Carolyn J. Rose is the author of the Subbing isn’t for Sissies series featuring a sleuthing substitute teacher and her entitled dog introduced in No Substitute for Murder. She’s also penned the Catskill Mountains Mystery trilogy beginning with Hemlock Lake, The Three Shades of Justice humorous ghost series, and has published a number of other mysteries, some co-written with Mike Nettleton. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains, emerged from the University of Arizona with a degree and a tan, and served two years with Volunteers in Service to America. Following a 25-year career as a TV news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, she went back to high school as a substitute teacher in Vancouver. Now retired, her interests are writing, reading, swimming, walking, gardening, and NOT cooking.

Nancy Jill Thames was born to write mysteries. From her early days as the neighborhood storyteller to the Amazon Author Watch Bestseller List, she's always had a vivid imagination and loves to solve problems - perfect for plotting whodunits.  In 2010, she published her first mystery "Murder in Half Moon Bay," introducing the well-loved protagonist Jillian Bradley and her clue-sniffing Yorkie, “Teddy."  After serving two years as President of American Christian Fiction Writers Central Texas Chapter and writing eleven books and a short story collection, Nancy Jill enjoys finding new ways to spoil her grandchildren, playing classical favorites on her baby grand or having afternoon tea with friends.  She lives with her husband in the Low Country of South Carolina.

Visit: nancy-jill.blogspot.com or contact her at jillthames@gmail.com

For as long as I can remember, I've loved telling and soaking up stories. At the age of six, I was told somebody got paid for writing books and movies and television shows; I abandoned my previous ambition (beachcomber), and became a writer.

I've had stories in anthologies, on-line and print publications, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress anthologies, on coffee cans, and the wall of an Indian restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky.

I'm one-third of Per Bastet Publications, a small publishing house based in southern Indiana.

Small town life agrees with me. I like the interconnectedness of everything and everybody. I try to remember, in my books and stories, that no one exists in isolation, but in a web of connections.

Most of my work is fantasy, science fiction and/or mystery, though I write anything else that suits the story and character.

Sharon Burch Toner is the author of the Maggie McGill Mysteries, a series of lighthearted mystery adventures featuring a mother/daughter team, Maggie and Allie McGill. The two strong, independent, and resourceful women romp through their mysterious and frightening adventures with grace and an enduring joie de vivre that serves them and the reader well.

She has cherished memories of long summer afternoons on a farmhouse porch as her Irish grandmother wove fascinating tales of the long ago world of her own childhood, giving Sharon an appreciation for a story well told. Her love affair with books began at age six when she discovered the public library in her small town. From that young age, she proceeded to devour any printed material that crossed her path.

After a life as mother, psychotherapist and spiritual explorer, writing is her retirement occupation. She says that for her writing is as necessary as food and shelter. “Writing is what I do and I love it.”

Sharon Burch Toner writes a book a year. The just completed seventh book of the series, Maggie in White, is now available in both print and Kindle editions. Work on the next Maggie book, due out late 2015, will begin in January.

She lives with her two feline roommates in southern California.

Kerri Nelson survived a fifteen year career in the legal field and then took pen to page by writing over 24 novels and novellas in various genres.

The USA Today Bestselling author of the Working Stiff Mystery series, Kerri is an active member of both Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers

As a mentor to other authors, Kerri has successfully developed her popular Book Factory Method and assisted dozens of authors achieve publication via pitches crafted in her Pitchworthy class.

She also edits professionally through her publishing services company, WriteSellRepeat.com.

Learn more about Kerri and her Working Stiff Mystery Series, at her website: www.KerriNelson.com

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Becky Lyn was born in Bellefontaine, OH but left when she was six weeks old and hasn't stopped moving since. Life as an Air Force brat led to life as a grasshopper always looking for the next adventure. She has called 74 places home.

Along the way, she had two adventurous marriages and picked up over 50 children including 4 biological, 5 steps, and 45 fosters. She is known by mame, granny, grandma and Mighty Bob to 10 grandchildren and counting.

It took a while to figure out that she was a writer. While she was sorting that out, she spent time as a cabinetmaker/carpenter, designer/seamstress, deli broad, hospice worker, executive housekeeper and executive assistant. She has done extensive volunteer work with Special Olympics, hospice, literacy and preschool reading programs as well as many church callings.

She currently lives in MO with (surprise, surprise) two cats, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy.

She spends her nights dreaming of and her days writing books based on all of the colorful, complex and multi-faceted characters she's met in her grasshoppering.

The Maryland Writers' Association (MWA) is a 100% voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the art, business, and craft of writing in all its forms.

MWA's diverse membership ranges from professional freelancers and published authors, to writers aspiring to be published and those who write as a creative outlet.

Members produce both nonfiction and fiction, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, scripts, speeches, feature articles, and essays. Some authors work in specific genres such as romance, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, children's literature, travel writing, or biography.

For more information, please visit www.marylandwriters.org

Lane Stone, husband Larry Korb, and Standard Schnauzer, Cordy, live in Alexandria, Virginia during the week and Lewes, Delaware on the weekend.

When not writing she’s enjoying characteristic baby boomer pursuits: traveling and playing golf. Her volunteer work includes media and communications for the Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation. She’s on Georgia State University’s Political Science Department Advisory Board.

She has a post-graduate certificate in Antiquities Theft and Art Crime. Her alma mater is Georgia State University with a degree in political science.

You can reach Lane at www.LaneStoneBooks.com.

Nanci Rathbun is a lifelong reader of mysteries – historical, contemporary, futuristic, paranormal, hard-boiled, cozy … you can find them all on her bookshelves. She brings logic and planning to her writing from a background as an IT project manager, and attention to characters and dialog from her second career as a Congregationalist minister.

Nanci grew up an Army brat, living in Germany, France and Korea, as well as several states in the U.S. After her dad retired from the service, the family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There, Nanci raised her daughter and son, while working at AT&T. She never expected to move, but when her second grandchild was on the way, she wanted to be closer. One of her greatest joys is hearing her three granddaughters shout ‘Nana’ when she comes in their front door in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Nanci’s Maltipoo, Teeny, and she now live in Wellington, Colorado, USA. No matter where she makes her home, she will always be a Green Bay Packers fan.

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