"True Blood," the Golden Globe award-winning, Emmy-nominated TV show, is based on Charlaine's #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse aka The Southern Vampire series. Charlaine also is creator of the librarian Aurora Teagarden series, the Lily Bard "Shakespeare" series and a series featuring lightning-struck Harper Connelly.



www.charlaineharris.com

Set in a dictionary company, Emily Arsenault's first novel, THE BROKEN TEAGLASS, was a New York Times Notable Crime Book of 2009. Her second novel, about two young girls on a paranormal investigation, will be released by HarperCollins in 2011. She lives in Shelburne Falls, MA.

www.emilyarsenault.com

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle WWII mystery series, published by Soho Press. The fifth title, RAG AND BONE, will be published in September 2010. The plot revolves around the revelations of the Katyn Forest Massacre in 1943, proving once again that the past is never as distant as we think.

www.jamesrbenn.com

After a failed attempt to outwit the draft board, Boyd wound up serving a Vietnam tour as a Marine infantry officer. His luck held when he joined the FBI and was assigned to Detroit for the next 20 years. His book THE BRICKLAYER is the only thing standing between him and a career as a bank guard.

Gerry Boyle, a former journalist, is the author of the Jack McMorrow series of mystery novels featuring an ex-New York Times reporter living in the woods of Maine. Boyle sends his hero throughout his rugged state, pledging not to send McMorrow anywhere his creator hasn't been. In 2010 DAMAGED GOODS, the ninth McMorrow was published.

www.gerryboyle.com

Jan Brogan is freelance journalist who has worked for the The Providence Journal-Bulletin and The Boston Globe. Her first novel, Final Copy, won the Drood Reviews Editors’ Choice award. Her Hallie Ahern series includes the highly acclaimed, A Confidential Source, Yesterday’s Fatal, and Teaser. Her first screenplay, Dig Two Graves, is currently being hawked by a Hollywood director.

www.janbrogan.com ,   www.jungleredwriters.com

David Carkeet has written six novels, among them two mysteries, the Edgar-nominated DOUBLE NEGATIVE (1980) and FROM AWAY, a comic Vermont novel published this year by Overlook Press. In 2010 Overlook is also reissuing DOUBLE NEGATIVE, THE FULL CATASTROPHE and THE ERROR OF OUR WWAYS. All three were New York Times Notable Books of the Year.

www.davidcarkeet.com

Wendy Clinch is author of the Ski Diva mystery series, featuring amateur sleuth Stacey Curtis, set in Vermont’s ski country. Her first book is DOUBLE BLACK (1/10). Her second, FADE TO WHITE, will be released in winter, 2011. Wendy is the founder of TheSkiDiva.com, the premier internet community for women skiers. She lives in Vermont with her husband, Jon Clinch, author of FINN.

www.wendyclinch.com

Sheila Connolly writes two series for Berkley Prime Crime: the Orchard Mysteries under her name, as well as the Glassblowing Mysteries as Sarah Atwell, whose debut book, THROUGH A GLASS, DEADLY, was nominated for an Agatha Award. Sheila introduced a new series, the Museum Mysteries, also from Berkley Prime Crime, in October 2010.

www.sheilaconnolly.com

Monty Curtis is president of Corporate Intelligence Group, a firm based in Boston, MA, that conducts corporate investigations, business intelligence, fraud investigations, investigative due diligence, internal investigations, background investigations, litigation support, workplace investigations, threat assessments, and environmental investigations on behalf of law firms, corporations, private equity firms, financial institutions, governments and municipalities, and high net-worth individuals - locally, nationally, globally.

www.investigationcorp.com

Nicholas Croce is President of the Croce Agency, a New York-based literary agency that specializes in commercial fiction. His authors have appeared on several bestseller lists, namely the London “Times.” Nicholas' writing and interviews have appeared on the publishing blogs mediabistro and GalleyCat and, in a letter advocating for innovation in book publishing, the New York Times.

www.thecroceagency.com

Paul Doiron is the author of THE POACHER'S SON. He is also a Registered Maine Guide and the editor in chief of "Down East: The Magazine of Maine," "Down East Books," and "DownEast.com." A native of Maine, Paul attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English and he holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College.

www.pauldoiron.com

Michele Dorsey is a lawyer, mediator and adjunct professor of law at New England Law/Boston. She has been a member of SINC NE for seven years, joining the Board to work on publicity two years ago after helping with the infamous calendar. Michele also serves on the Crime Bake Committee. Michele, a Malice Domestic finalist, writes mysteries and memoir.

www.micheledorsey.com

Hallie Ephron is a writer, book reviewer, and teacher. Her novel NEVER TELL A LIE is a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and is optioned for films. She is the crime fiction book reviewer for the Boston Globe, and her WRITING AND SELLING YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL: HOW TO KNOCK ‘EM DEAD WITH was nominated for Edgar and Anthony awards.

www.hallieephron.com,   www.jungleredwriters.com.

Kate Flora’s eleven books include seven Thea Kozak mysteries, two gritty police procedurals, a suspense thriller and a true crime. FINDING AMY was a 2007 Edgar nominee, has been filmed for TV and is being considered for a movie. Current projects include a true crime and a screenplay. Flora has stories in numerous anthologies. She teaches writing for Grub Street.

www.kateflora.com

Steve was born and raised in the Boston area. After graduating the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he founded a one-man business and built it into a world wide enterprise. BOCA KNIGHTS was Steve's first novel, published in 2009. His second novel, BOCA MOURNINGS, was published in 2010, and BOCA DAZE will be released in 2011.

www.stevenmforman.com

Born in California, raised in British Columbia, Ms. George currently lives in Central Vermont with her husband, children, dogs, and cats. She once had 28 chickens, all named, none especially keen to lay eggs. I'm sorry to tell you that Hermione and Speckles were eaten by coyotes. The rest were given to good homes to avoid any further emotional distress. www.kategeorge.com

Rosemary Harris writes the Dirty Business series featuring amateur sleuth Paula Holliday. Her debut novel PUSHING UP DAISIES was nominated for Anthony and Agatha Awards for Best First Mystery. She’s the past president of Sisters in Crime New England and a board member of MWA-NY. DEAD HEAD is her third book following 2009’s THE BIG DIRT NAP.

www.rosemaryharris.com

Lynne Heitman worked for 14 years in the airline industry, which makes everything else seem easy by comparison. Her Alex Shanahan thriller series has been praised by Publisher’s Weekly, and her short story EXIT INTERVIEW will be published in the Boston Noir anthology in the fall of 2009.

www.lynneheitman.com

David Hosp is the bestselling and Barry Award nominated author of AMONG THIEVES, INNOCENCE, THE BETRAYED, and DARK HARBOR. AMONG THIEVES, his latest novel, is set against the real life robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -- the largest art theft in history. David is also a trial attorney and a partner in Boston's largest law firm.

www.davidhosp.com

Clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib is the author of the advice column mysteries and the golf mystery series. Her books and stories have been nominated for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is a past president of National Sisters in Crime and the New England chapter. She served as chairperson for the MWA Edgar committee selecting the best novel for 2009.

website: www.robertaisleib.com

Toni L.P. Kelner multitasks. She writes the "Where are they now?" mysteries featuring a Boston-based freelance entertainment reporter. WHO KILLED THE PINUP QUEEN? is the latest. Kelner also writes short stories, including the Agatha winner "Sleeping With the Plush." And along with Charlaine Harris, she co-edits urban fantasy anthologies. DEATH'S EXCELLENT VACATION was released in August.
www.tonilpkelner.com

David Kranser teaches acting at Emerson College and formerly taught acting at Yale University. He is the author of eight books and is under contract and working on two more acting and scholar/history books on theatre. He also edits a series for the University of Michigan Press, titled "Theater: Theory/Text/Performance."

Dennis Lehane is the author of nine novels, including MOONLIGHT MILE, THE GIVEN DAY, MYSTIC RIVER, GONE, BABY, GONE, and SHUTTER ISLAND. He is currently writing a screen adaptation of his short story" Animal Rescue" for 20th Century Fox. He lives with his wife and daughter in Boston and West Central Florida.

www.dennislehanebooks.com

Ben LeRoy works for Tyrus Books, an independent publisher of dark literary and crime fiction. Before starting Tyrus Books, he was heavily involved in the creation and development of Bleak House Books, a publisher of highly acclaimed novels by the likes of Reed Farrel Coleman, Craig McDonald, and Randall Peffer. He lives in Madison, WI where he is usually at work on his own writing, having his heart broken by the Chicago Cubs, and plotting out all manners of adventure.

www.tyrusbooks.com

Lawrence Light, the Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America, is a financial journalist who writes the Karen Glick series, thrillers set on Wall Street. He also has written the dark thriller LADYKILLER with his wife, Meredith Anthony. His upcoming book is TAMING THE BEAST.

www.lawrencelight.com

Steve Liskow has twice won Honorable Mention for the Al Blanchard Award. "Stranglehold," the Wolfe Pack's 2009 Black Orchid Novella Award winner, appears in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine this summer and WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF DEATH? debuted in May. He lives in CT with his wife Barbara and two rescued cats. Visit his Web site at www.steveliskow.com

www.steveliskow.com

Ken Lizotte, Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO), emerson consulting group, Concord, specializes in transforming business experts into “thoughtleaders.” He is author of "The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority People Turn to Every Time" (McGraw-Hill) and four other books, a former columnist for Boston Magazine, co-founder of the National Writers Union and seminar presenter at Harvard Extension School.

www.theexpertsedge.com

Detective Lieutenant Kenneth Martin is the Commanding Officer of the Crime Scene Services Section of the Massachusetts State Police and oversees the seven CSSS Laboratories in Massachusetts. He has a degree in Criminal Justice, a B.A. in Biology, and a M.S. in Criminal Justice. He has trained at the F.B.I. National Academy. Det. Lt. Martin teaches in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Advanced Crime Scene courses for the Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program at Boston University.

Is the author of ART OF SEEING (Scribner, 2002), EYE CONTACT (Viking, 2006) and the recently released NEIGHBORHOOD WATACH (Viking, 2010). Her work has also appeared in many magazines like Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, and others. She's is a regular contributor to The Faster Times.

www.cammiemcgovern.com

Margaret McLean is the president of the NE chapter of MWA, and co-chair of this year's Crime Bake conference. She earned her law degree from Boston College Law School then began her career as an Essex County Assistant District Attorney in Lawrence, MA. She prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases ranging from heroin distribution, arson, domestic violence, sexual assault, and armed assault with intent to murder. She has worked with local and state police, and with experts in the field of ballistics, narcotics, arson investigation, and fingerprinting. She authored the mystery UNDER OATH (Hot House Press, 2004) and currently a full time author, lecturer, and mother of three children.

www.margaretmclean.com

Paula Munier is the author of several books, including the acclaimed memoir FIXING FREDDIE. As the Director of Acquisitions and Innovation for Adams Media, she acquires and develops nonfiction as well as some fiction. She served as President of New England MWA for three years, and is now its Vice President. Paula lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts.

Michael Nethercott has published tales of mystery and history in numerous periodicals including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Crimestalkers Casebook; and the anthologies Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year 2009, and Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers. He is a past recipient of the Black Orchid Novella Award for traditional mysteries.

www.michaelnethercott.com

Susan Oleksiw is the author of the Mellingham series featuring Chief of Police Joe Silva; the most recent title is A MURDEROUS INNOCENCE. Recently she introduced a new series featuring Indian American Anita Ray, a young photographer living in India. Anita has appeared in several short stories; the first novel featuring Anita is UNDER THE EYE OF KALI.

www.susanoleksiw.com

Katherine Hall Page's series features amateur sleuth/caterer, Faith Fairchild. Katherine is the only author to receive Agathas in the Best First, Best SS, and Best Novel categories. THE BODY IN THE GAZEBO (Morrow), the 19th, will be out in April 2010. Current titles: THE BODY IN THE SLEIGH(Avon) and just out: HAVE FAITH IN YOUR KITCHEN, A COOKBOOK (Orchises).

www.katherine-hall-page.org

Gina Panettieri has worked in publishing as an agent, independent editor and writer since 1988, and has been President of Talcott Notch Literary in Milford, Connecticut since 2003. She specializes in mystery and suspense, as well as nonfiction of all kinds.

www.talcottnotch.net

Ellen Pepus has a BA in English Literature from Indiana University and a JD from George Washington University. She was assistant to agent Jeff Kleinman at The Graybill and English Literary Agency before forming Signature Literary Agency with New York agents Gary Heidt and Amy Tipton. Ellen is looking for commercial fiction, especially mysteries (both cozy and dark), thrillers, women’s and historical. She also represents narrative nonfiction, memoir and how-to/prescriptive non-fiction.

Signature Literary Agency

Cathy Pickens’ SOUTHERN FRIED (St. Martin’s Malice Domestic Award winner) was called an “assured debut, a cozy with some sharp edges” by Publishers Weekly. In the latest, CAN’T NEVER TELL, the carnival brings a mummy to town. Cathy teaches law at Queens University in Charlotte, is president of Sisters in Crime, and serves on the Mystery Writers of America Board.

www.cathypickens.com

Janet Reid, Imprint Agency, began agenting with one client and a rolodex of publicity contacts after a 15 year career in book publicity. Five years later her client list numbers more than 20 and includes an Edgar winner, a special effects costume designer for the movies, and a host of other captivating writers. Recent books include THE ELECTRIC CHURCH by Jeff Somers (Orbit); MASTER DETECTIVE by John Reisinger (Kensington); DREAMING OF GWEN STEFANI by Evan Mandery (ig); GRAVE IMPORTS by Eric Stone (Bleak House).
www.fineprintlit.com

Conference Co-Chair Pat Remick is president of Sisters in Crime-New England and a member of MWA-NE. Winner of the 2007 Al Blanchard Award, her short stories have been published in anthologies and she has a novel in progress. The veteran journalist and freelance writer also co-authored two non-fiction books with husband Frank Cook.

www.patremick.com

WBZ Radio personality Jordan Rich has a weekly show that brings authors to readers.

www.jordanrich.com

Stephen D. Rogers is the author of SHOT TO DEATH (ISBN: 9780982589908) and more than six hundred shorter pieces. Visit www.stephendrogers.com to discover new and upcoming titles as well as other timely information.
www.stephendrogers.com

THE DEATH OF AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN, featuring Police Chief Ruth Murphy, is Barbara Ross’ first novel. Barbara’s short stories, "New Derby," "New Year’s Eve" and "Winter Rental," have appeared in anthologies published by Level Best Books. "Winter Rental" won an honorable mention for the Al Blanchard Award. Barbara lives and writes in Somerville, MA and Boothbay Harbor, ME.

www.barbaraannross.com

Award-winning investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan is on the air at Boston's NBC affiliate, breaking big stories for more than 20 years. Along with her 26 EMMYs, Hank’s won dozens of other journalism honors. Her first mysteries, PRIME TIME (Agatha winner: Best First Mystery) and FACE TIME were best sellers and reissued by MIRA this year. AIR TIME (September 2009) and DRIVE TIME (February 2010) are next in her continuing series.
www.hankphillippiryan.com

Barbara Shapiro is the award-winning author of suspense novels (THE SAFE ROOM, BLIND SPOT, SEE NO EVIL, BLAMELESS and SHATTERED ECHOES) and screenplays (BlindSpot, The Lost Coven, Borderline, Shattered Echoes). She has been called a “master of mystery” by the Boston Globe and “a master” by the Boston Herald. She currently teaches writing at Northeastern University.

She is the bestselling author of an adult mystery series set in Edwardian Boston and Paris; two of the books have been New York Times Notable Books of the Year, and one was a London Times Book of the Year. Her books are published in twelve languages. She has also written a novel about the Shakespeare authorship, CHASING SHAKESPEARES. She is currently writing a novel about the Titanic.

www.sarahsmith.com

Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Agatha-and-Anthony-Award-winning mysteries have been community reads in New York and Maine. The seventh Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne novel is ONE WAS A SOLDIER (April 2011.) Julia and her family live in Maine.

www.juliaspencerfleming.com

Schuyler Towne is, first and foremost, a competitive lockpicker. He has won the American Open twice and beat the #2 picker in the world head to head at the Dutch Open in 2008. Schuyler teaches Locksport courses at Olin College and Sprout. He runs workshops at the University of Advancing Technology and regularly speaks at various schools and conferences.

www.schuylertowne.com

An award-winning author of books about American history and biographies, Leslie Wheeler now writes the Miranda Lewis, "living history" mystery series of books set in the present-day but at historic sites. The first two titles are MURDER AT PLIMOTH PLANTATION and MURDER AT GETTYSBURG. The third, MURDER AT SPOUTERS POINT came out in October.

website: www.lesliewheeler.com

Nancy Means Wright has published 15 books, including 5 mysteries from St Martin's Press, and now an historical mystery, Midnight Fires (Perseverance). She won an Agatha for a kid's novel, and stories have appeared in Level Best Books, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, American Literary Review, et al.She lives in Vermont with her spouse and 2 Maine Coon cats.

www.nancymeanswright.com

Raffi Yessayan is the author of the Boston-based legal thrillers 2 IN THE HAT and 8 IN THE BOX. Formerly, he was chief of the Gang Unit in the Suffolk County DA’s Office where he prosecuted violent offenders. He is currently working on his third novel while maintaining a practice as a criminal defense attorney in Quincy, MA. www.raffiyessayan.com