David Hewson is the author of the Nic Costa series of contemporary crime thrillers set principally in Rome. A former journalist with the London Times and Sunday Times he moved to Italy and enrolled at language school to start research for a series that is now published in multiple languages around the world... including Italian. His first novel, SEMANA SANTA, was turned into a truly awful movie starring Mira Sorvino, released under the title The Angel of Death in the USA. He is a vice president of ITW.

Joe Moore is the co-author of the international bestselling Cotten Stone thriller series THE GRAIL CONSPIRACY, THE LAST SECRET, and THE HADES PROJECT. His next, THE 731 LEGACY, will be released in fall 2008. Joe writes full time from his home in South Florida. His novels have been published in over 20 languages including Russian, Greek and Chinese.

Kelli Stanley likes fog, which is a good thing because she lives in San Francisco. She holds a Master's Degree in Classics, and writes and lectures internationally on a variety of related subjects. NOX DORMIENDA (A Long Night for Sleeping) is her debut novel and the first of a series featuring Arcturus, a Roman doctor-cum-detective. The book will be available in July, 2008, in hardcover from Five Star Mysteries. Among other endeavors, Kelli created and edited an academic journal, established and operated a successful comic book store, and helped her parents run a riding stable. She's finally doing what she loves to do most.

Shirley Kennett is the author of five books in the PJ Gray series of thrillers, and one stand-alone book BURNING ROSE. In the PJ Gray books (most recent TIME OF DEATH), virtual reality is used by investigators to enter full immersion recreations of crime scenes and play the role of killer, victim, or observer. "A top-notch series that satisfies both readers seeking page-turning suspense and those looking for characters so real you almost expect to see them at the local diner." -- Booklist

Rebecca Cantrell sold her house, quit her high tech job, and moved to Hawaii to write a novel. Her first novel, A TRACE OF SMOKE, starts a mystery series set in Berlin in the 1930s. It will be released in May 2009. As of this writing, she lives in Hawaii with her husband and son.

Mark Terry is the author of the Derek Stillwater thriller series. His newest thriller, THE SERPENT'S KISS, is available in stores and online.

Mark Combes is an avid sailor and Scuba diver and travels extensively in the Caribbean pursuing his passions. He works in book publishing and RUNNING WRECKED is his first novel.

Keith Raffel wrote DOT DEAD, "without question the most impressive mystery debut of the year" according to Bookreporter.com. Former counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he is currently finishing up TWO GRAVES, a political thriller set - where else? - in Washington, D.C.

Bill Cameron is an Oregon writer of mystery and suspense. His debut novel, LOST DOG , came out in 2007.

Jeff Ayers is the author of VOYAGES OF IMAGINATION: THE STAR TREK FICTION COMPANION Pocket Books-November 2006. He frequently reviews thrillers for Library Journal and regularly interviews authors for LJ, the Seattle Post-Intellgencer, and Writer Magazine.

Carolyn Haines is a multi-published author in a number of genres. Penumbra, her 2006 thriller with St. Martin's Minotaur, was named one of the top 5 mysteries of the year by Library Journal. That same honor was given to HALLOWED BONES in 2004, the fifth book in her on-going Delta Mystery series. FEVER MOON released this year by St. Martin's, was named a Booksense notable book. REVENANT her debut thriller with MIRA, will be released August 28, and HAM BONES the seventh in the Delta Mystery series, hit the bookshelves the first week of July 2007.

James Scott Bell is the author of TRY DYING (Center Street) and WRITE GREAT FICTION: PLOT & STRUCTURE (Writers Digest Books). James contributes the monthly Between The Lines features.
 

Cathy Clamp is the co-author, with C.T. Adams, of two USA Today bestselling paranormal romantic thriller series from Tor Books. They were recently nominated for a Career Achievement Award in paranormal romance by RT BOOKreviews Magazine, which will be awarded in April, 2008. Their next thriller, TIMELESS MOON, hits the shelves in March, 2008.

Russel D McLean is a Scottish bookseller working for a national chain. He has run webzines, agonized over reviews for various publications both in print and online, and written several short stories, several of which have been published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine as well as various other crime and noir markets.

Leighton Gage has lived in Australia, Europe, and South America, traveled widely in Asia and Africa. He's been a copywriter, an advertising creative director, a magazine editor, and a writer/producer/director of documentary films and industrial videos. Leighton now writes full time.  Sequels to his first book, BLOOD OF THE WICKED (Soho Press) are due for release in January of 2009, 2010 and 2111. He has two daughters in The Netherlands and two more in the United States. He and his wife spend much of their time in Brazil, her native country.

Karen Dionne is co-founder and co-administrator of Backspace, an award-winning website and Internet-based writers organization with over 700 members in a dozen countries. She also organizes and runs the Backspace Writers Conferences held in New York City every year. Prior to forming Backspace, she worked as senior fiction editor at NFG Magazine. Her debut thriller FREEZING POINT, about an environmental disaster in Antarctica, will be released in October 2008 by Berkley.