Lawyer-turned-novelist Marie Benedict has been illuminating the real-life stories of women throughout history for nearly a decade now, melding fact with fiction—and ensuring that they’re not lost to time. Her books have reached both the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists and two, co-written with Victoria Christopher Murray, have been selected as a…
P.J. Nelson is something of a jack (or is it jill?) of all trades—and quite possibly a master of many. Absent the nom de plume, he (we’ll make that assumption) has been a novelist, an award-winning actor, a dramatist, and a professor, among other distinguished roles. These vocations coupled with roots in Decatur, Georgia, infuse…
In recent years, Alex Segura has emerged as a superhero of sorts in publishing. After having made a splash with his Anthony Award-nominated Pete Fernandez Miami mysteries, he moved into the realm of comics, scripting original characters (The Black Ghost) as well as iconic canon staples from the worlds of Marvel and DC. Segura would…
“As both a prosecutor and a defense attorney, the one principle I’d held most dear was the right to a fair trial. There can be no justice without it.” —Marcia Clark, Trial by Ambush Justice isn’t always served in a court of law, nor does truth always prevail over rhetoric. It’s a harsh reality that…
Brian Cuban is an attorney and public speaker who has also found success as an acclaimed author of memoir and crime fiction. Based out of Dallas—and yes, the younger brother of Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban—his books include The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of the Bar, Booze, Blow, and Redemption and the novel The Ambulance Chaser; both…
Michelle Chouinard, under the name M.M. Chouinard, is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. Her works include the seven-book Jo Fournier detective series and a standalone thriller, The Vacation. She earned a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Stanford University and is a founding faculty member of UC Merced. This fall, she published The…
Agatha award-nominated author Ang Pompano has long been an ambassador of the crime community. A longstanding member of New England Crime Bake’s planning committee, he has been integral in bringing its companion anthology to fruition since assuming the role of co-editor and co-publisher (in addition to contributor) after co-founding Crime Spell Books with fellow writers…
New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz is a writer whose works are acclaimed as much for their literary merits as their canny adherence to the conventions of the crime story—a welcome example of transcendence beyond the long-running (and tiresome) debate over what constitutes “mainstream” vs. “genre” fiction. Her meta-masterpiece, The Plot (2021), bridged…
Stephanie Wrobel discovered the joy of books and storytelling at an early age but later made the decision to pursue a more practical career as an adult. After college, she worked as a copywriter, helping to pen and produce advertising spots for a variety of well-known brands in the Chicago area. Then, as a freelancer,…
Patricia Cornwell’s iconic heroine, Kay Scarpetta, is having a moment. A mainstay in the annals of contemporary crime fiction since debuting alongside her creator with 1990’s Postmortem—the first book ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize in a single year—she has now appeared in…
