Member Directory
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Bader, Sharon
Barnett, Sue
Website: sueanger.com Pen Name: Sue Anger About Me: While growing up in Beaufort, North Carolina, I often heard rum-running stories from the Prohibition era. Although fern bars, yachts, and supermarkets may have replaced the old working-boat waterfront, the town still values its unique Southern history. Since I became a freelance writer in 2014, I've written short stories, essays, magazine articles, content, and blogs. I'm also a bona fide, dyed-in-the-wool fan of historical fiction and mysteries. Benson, Susan
Website: https://www.susanperrybenson.com/ Pen Name: Susan Perry Benson About Me: Published short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Bernier, Ashley-Ruth
Website: https://ashleyruthbernier.com/ Pen Name: Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier About Me: Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier (www.ashleyruthbernier.com)’s work has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Stone’s Throw, Smoking Pen Press, Malice Domestic's Mystery Most Devious, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023, and other anthologies. Originally from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ashley-Ruth writes mysteries highlighting the vibrant culture of her home. Ashley-Ruth is a 2023 SMFS Derringer finalist, a 2023 and 2024 Killer Nashville Claymore finalist, and one of the 2024 recipients of MWA’s Barbara Neely grant for Black mystery writers. She currently lives with her family and teaches first grade in North Carolina. Boerger, Tana
Website: tanalhboerger.com About Me: During the pandemic when Tana started her debut novel, she had no idea she would turn out to be a mystery writer until halfway through Money, Murder, Mayhem. She also had no idea that four years later she would have completed a mystery series. But now, with four books under her belt, she finally feels comfortable calling herself an author, and she loves the genre. In her Lord and Lady Crosswick Mystery series, Tana draws on her years of travel with her husband, Tom, her passion for art, antiques, fine food, beautiful wine, inspiring places, and interesting people, to create crimes with culture. Now that she has written Philip and Genevieve Warwick’s last rollicking adventure, she is teeming with ideas for her next novel…it’s going to be a doozy! Bourbon Ramirez, Melissa LeAnne
Website: www.melissabourbon.com www.ivycassidybooks.com Pen Name: Melissa Bourbon / Winnie Archer / Ivy Cassidy About Me: Melissa Bourbon is a writer, reader, creative soul, and self-proclaimed story witch. For her, stories have always held a certain magic—whether it’s the twist of a mystery, the pull of an old family secret, or the quiet strength of intuition. Her books explore the seen and unseen, blending strong women, deep relationships, and just the right touch of the spellbinding. She’s the author of several mystery series, including the Book Magic Mysteries, The Magical Dressmaking Mysteries, The Lola Cruz Mysteries, and the Bread Shop Mysteries (written as Winnie Archer). Now, with her Ivy Cassidy pen name, Melissa is leaning into richer magic, ancestral threads, and the emotional depth of women’s fiction. These stories are woven with folklore, heart, and the belief that the stories we inherit shape who we become. The House of Spells and Secrets, the first Ivy Cassidy novel, arrives March 2026, filled with legacy, sisterhood, mystery, and magic. When she’s not writing, Melissa designs book covers, mentors writers through WriterSpark Academy, wrangles her trio of dogs (Nacho, Pippin, and Dobby), and reads anything with a little magic and a good cup of tea. Burnette, Katherine
Website: katherineburnetteauthor.com Pen Name: Katherine Burnette About Me: My new thriller will be released at the end of August. My work has appeared in the Mystery Tribune, Maudlin House, Sky Island Journal, Flying South and Red Fez. My debut novel Judge's Waltz won a Pinnacle and Feathered Quill award. Campbell, Pamela
About Me: Pam Campbell favors the song-like qualities of poetic form and how it serves to contain human suffering and joy whether it be in her poems, short stories, songs or novel. Her writing has appeared in Ó Bhéal Five Words Anthologies, Volumes XIV- XVII, PMS&G Literary Journal, Volumes 24-27, The Petigru Review, 2024, and in To Life, Holocaust Stories of Hampton Roads Survivors, Liberators, and Rescuers, 2022. She is the 2024 Tennessee Mountain Writers first place winner in children’s literature. Congel, Joe
Website: joecongelfictionstories.blogspot.com About Me: Joe Congel grew up in Syracuse, NY, and currently lives in beautiful Charlotte, NC. He got his first break in the world of publishing when he illustrated the humorous book, Housetraining Your VCR, A Help Manual for Humans, published by Grapevine Publications back in the early ’90s. A few years after Housetraining set the world on fire, Joe decided that he was better suited as a writer rather than as an artist, so he began crafting stories that allowed the reader to use their own imagination to add the visuals to the narrative. Since he’s enjoyed reading murder mysteries and PI detective stories all his life, he felt he had a pretty good grasp on how to create an engaging character in the world of private detecting. DEAD IS FOREVER is the first book in the Razzman Mystery Crime Files series, featuring Tony Razzolito, PI. The book is set in Syracuse, NY, and Charlotte, NC, with upcoming books in the series concentrated more in and around the Charlotte area. Joe is uniquely qualified to write about both areas of the country since he lived in Syracuse for 36 years and Charlotte for the last 25 plus years. When he’s not writing, you will most likely find him spoiling his three grandchildren. Denton, Amy
Pen Name: Amy Denton About Me: I am a writer and a teacher. I was a finalist for the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award. Dolny-Bombar, Barbara
Pen Name: I also write as B.A. Dolny, B.D. Bombar, and Bree Algood. About Me: My current focus is on screenwriting and film production. I previously worked in broadcast television (Commercial and Public) for many years, and later as an independent media producer for commercial and industrial projects. I also created short films, experimental videos, and an award-winning travel series. As a writer - in addition to writing for broadcast - my articles and short stories have been published in local, regional, and national publications. Emerson, Wil (Wilma) A.
Website: https://www.wilemerson.com/ Pen Name: Wil A Emerson About Me: Wil A. Emerson is a registered nurse turned full time author. 2025 has been a good year for stories appearing in multiple anthologies. International publisher Murderous Ink Press, London, UK released three stories. Two podcasts and a few more in the works. Writing or painting, no idle fingers. Her website is a show case for stories and art work. Flaig, Suzanne
Website: https://www.missyjenkinsmysteries.com/ About Me: I am the author of the Missy Jenkins musical mystery series, set near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My current project is an Amish mystery novel set in Lancaster County, PA. I have also published numerous short stories. I have been a member of Sisters in Crime since 1998, and currently hold membership in three SinC chapters. I am also a member of the Valley of the Sun chapter of the Society of Southwestern Writers, the Short Fiction Mystery Society, the Pennwriters, and the Mesa Writers Guild. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Fowler, Judith
Website: Sand in our Shorts on blogspot.com Facebook @Judith Johonnot Fowler Pen Name: Judith Fowler About Me: Judith Fowler writes short stories, crime/mysteries and humorous essays. Her first novel-length mystery is "Lie About Yourself" |
Gaines, Judie
Website: https://judithgaines.com/ About Me: Judith Gaines' work as a producer and director includes television and online content for the NHL, WUSA, and NASCAR, along with 35 years in media and advertising. This allowed her to go inside the locker rooms of various professional sports and the back rooms of dozens of industries – and gathering story ideas along the way. In addition, her interest in body language led to a workshop with former FBI agent Joe Navarro, who also trains today's FBI in non-verbal communication for interrogations and field work. As owner of IndieWriterPro.com, she supports writers in marketing and publishing. She is also a regular panelist at Killer Nashville and have presented webinars on "Writing Art Crime" and "Essential Software for Authors." Judith Gaines writes the Jade Weekes Art Thriller series (Wired To Steal, The Enigma Code) and is currently working on a new cozy mystery series. Gonzales, Ruben
Website: https://www.rubendgonzales.com/ About Me: I was born and raised in East L.A. but have called North Carolina home since 1976. After college I was with the Peace Corps in Africa. Before retiring from full time work, I was Director of Development for the City of Winston-Salem. Now I write full time. The third book in my Balck Mountain Mystery series came out in June2023. Graff, Marni
Website: https://marnigraff.com/ Pen Name: MK Graff About Me: Marni Graff is the award-winning author of The Nora Tierney English Mysteries, and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries. Her short stories have been in multiple anthologies, including Malice Domestic's Anthony Award-winning Murder Most Edible, and Carolina Crimes Rock, Roll, and Ruin. A member of Sisters in Crime International and two other chapters, she is also a member of the International Association of Crime Writers. and Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press. She blogs for Miss Demeanors and does crime book reviews on Auntie M Writes Crime: www.auntiemwrites.com. Granger, Noelle
Website: saylingaway.com na-granger.com Pen Name: N.A. Granger About Me: N.A. GRANGER is a Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina. After forty years of teaching anatomy to medical students, plus earning her EMT licence, she decided to use her knowledge in mystery writing. The Rhe Brewster Mystery series can be found on Amazon along with her historical novel, The Last Pilgrim. Harrington, Wendy
Website: https://mollydaleymysteries.substack.com Pen Name: Wendy S Harrington About Me: Part-time writer, full time mystery lover who doubles as a marketing agency owner. My first book was 20+ years in the making; I'm aspiring to produce the second one in 1/10 the time. Also a baker, knitter, and creative dabbler who loves the outdoors, running, yoga, and a good laugh. Harris, Mary
Website: www.maryharriswriter.info About Me: Writer and editor and passionate user of the Oxford comma. Hodgkins, Hope
Website: http://uncg.academia.edu/HopeHodgkins Pen Name: Hope Hodgkins About Me: I grew up in small-town Missouri, earned my PhD from the University of Chicago, and taught literature at UNC-Greensboro for a dozen years. I remain a Fellow of UNCG's Lloyd International Honors College, where I still teach occasional classes on topics such as frontier literature or literary London. My published essays discuss writers ranging from James Joyce to Muriel Spark, and topics including high-modern poetics, religious rhetoric, children’s literature, dress styles, and Daniel Boone. I've received research fellowships from the Kentucky Historical Society, the Filson Society, and the Southern Historical Collection of UNC's Wilson Library. In each manuscript collection I read groups of family letters, significant to both my scholarly work on early American literacies and my new mystery novel "Decently."My book "Style and the Single Girl: How Modern Women Re-dressed the Novel, 1922-1977," a study of modern British women novelists’ use of dress style, was published in 2016 by Ohio State University Press. It's won praise for its "engaging, elegant, and fluid" prose style (Vike Martina Plock), and for a methodology that's "both sophisticated and eclectic" (Jessica Feldman). Eclectic could be my middle name.My brilliant, witty husband, Chris Hodgkins, is a well-known for his scholarship on seventeenth-century poet George Herbert. Our excellent children follow callings that include fiction-writing, engineering, ministry, and good works. Our vegetable garden may be the largest in the city of Greensboro. Johnson, Sara
Website: https://www.authorsarajohnson.com/ Pen Name: Sara E. Johnson About Me: Sara E. Johnson is a NYT's Readers' Pick author of the Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries set in New Zealand. The sixth in the series, Bone Chilling, came out October, 2025. Sara, a former reading specialist, lives in Durham, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Durham Citizen Police Academy, is past president of Triangle Sisters in Crime, and belongs to the North Carolina Writers' Network. She teaches mystery classes for NC State and Duke OLLI. Keeton, Larry
About Me: Live outside Seattle. Primarily write short stories and have been published. Am retired from a long career in the US Army and local government. Kelly, Diane
Website: https://www.dianekelly.com/ About Me: A former tax advisor and assistant state attorney general, Diane Kelly is no stranger to white-collar crime. When she realized her experiences made great fodder for novels, her fingers hit the keyboard and thus began her award-winning Death and Taxes romantic mystery series. A dog lover and Citizens Police Academy graduate, Diane also writes the hilarious K-9 cop Paw Enforcement series. Her love of vintage homes and renovation shows were a natural segue into her House Flipper mysteries, which feature a fabulous feline. Diane’s other series include her Busted female motorcycle cop series, her Southern Homebrew moonshine mystery series, and her Mountain Lodge Mysteries series, which is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains not far from her home in North Carolina. She also writes romantic comedies. Find Diane online at www.DianeKelly.com; on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Pinterest at @DianeKellyBooks; and on Facebook at her Author Diane Kelly page. Diane is on Goodreads and Bookbub, too! Kern, Candace
About Me: I'm an avid reader of Crime Fiction - both stories and its history. Love, Dru Ann
Website: https://drusbookmusing.com/ About Me: Dru Ann Love is a 2024 Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award for Best Short Story for “Ticket to Ride,” co-written with fellow blogger Kristopher Zgorski. She won the Raven Award in 2017. She is also the proprietor of “dru’s book musings.” Mayo, Michael
Website: https://mike-mayo.com/ About Me: I write a series of historical crime novels set in Prohibition-era New York. McCullough, Karen
Website: http://www.kmccullough.com/ About Me: Karen McCullough is the author of almost two dozen published novels and novellas in the mystery, romance, suspense, and fantasy genres, including the Market Center Mysteries Series, originally published by Five Star/Cengage and reprinted by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery Library, and three books in the No Brides Club series. A member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society, she is also a past president of the Southeast chapter of Mystery Writers of America and served on the MWA national board. Karen has won numerous awards, including the 2021 Bould Awards, an Eppie Award for fantasy, and has also been a finalist in the Daphne, Prism, Dream Realm, International Digital, Lories, and Vixen Award contests. Her short fiction has appeared in a wide variety of anthologies. More information is available at her website: http://www.kmccullough.com . Mitchell, Marjorie Ann
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O'Connell, Jillian
Olsen, Bonnie
Olsen, John
About Me: John Olsen is a voracious reader of mystery/crime novels and the husband of Bonnie Olsen who is a writer of historical fiction and mystery short stories. Pullen, Karen
Website: https://karenpullen.com/ About Me: Karen Pullen is the author of Cold Feet and Cold Heart, from Five Star Cengage, and Restless Dreams, a short story collection from Bedazzled Ink. She founded the Triangle chapter and lives in Chapel Hill. Ramirez, Joan
Pen Name: Joan Regen About Me: Hybrid author and authorpreneur and entrepreneurial trainer Riley, Jennifer
About Me: About 35 years ago I moved to North Carolina, a great state for writers. I've enjoyed many resource, especially Triangle Sisters in Crime. Schmidt, Gina
Website: www.gltlyons.com Pen Name: Gina Lea - G. L. T. Lyons About Me: Gina Lea’s first book Defining Destiny was called “an ideal, frothy beach book” by Kirkus reviews. Her newest book published in October 2025, Lost Voyageur In Time, Kirkus Reviews call it: "A rousing adventure with a touch of fantasy and mystery and a lot of heart." In 2026 she is publishing the second book in her mystery series, as well as Lost Ghost Ship In Time, the second book in the Library of Hereafter series. She's had stories published in the second and third Triangle Sisters in Crime anthologies and has held the positions of treasurer, vice president and president of TSINC. Senteio, E
Pen Name: E TheWriter Stuart, Charlotte
Website: https://www.charlottestuart.com About Me: In a world filled with uncertainty and too little chocolate, Charlotte Stuar writes award-winning mysteries with a smattering of humor and dollop of adventure. She is particularly interested in the humorous mystery brand and has written and made presentations describing five categories of humor used by authors—one genre, five categories. Before turning to writing, she had a varied career starting in academia with a PhD in Communications, then leaving a tenured position to go commercial salmon fishing in Alaska, before settling in as a management consultant and ending her non-writing life as VP of HR and Training. Currently Charlotte lives and writes on Vashon Island in the Pacific Northwest. Wasserman, Marlie P.
Website: MarlieWasserman.com Pen Name: Marlie Parker Wasserman About Me: I write historical crime fiction and have published three novels--The Murderess Must Die, Path of Peril, and Inferno on Fifth. After a career in scholarly publishing in NJ, I moved with my husband to Chapel Hill, NC. Weavil, Vicki
Website: https://victoriagilbertauthor.com Pen Name: Victoria Gilbert About Me: Raised in a historic small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Victoria Gilbert turned her early obsession with books into a dual career as an author and librarian. Now retired after over 30 years in the library field, she’s worked as a reference librarian, research librarian, and university library director. Victoria writes the Blue Ridge Library Mystery series, the Booklover’s B&B Mystery series, the Campus Sleuth mystery series, and the Hunter and Clewe traditional mystery series for Crooked Lane Books. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Victoria lives in North Carolina. Last Name, First Name
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