A Connecticut native, Sarah P. Blanchard graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in literature, and from Nichols College in Webster, Massachusetts with an M.B.A. in marketing. Her short stories, poems, and essays have been widely published in magazines and literary journals. She was a finalist for the 2024 Porch Prize for Fiction and the 2021 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. Her story collection PLAYING CHESS WITH BULLS was published in December 2023. Sarah taught English and communications for five years at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, and two semesters of fiction writing in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. She has led many workshops in creative writing while also working as a magazine editor, radio news reporter, textbook editor, and talk show host. Both her story collection and her debut novel DRAWN FROM LIFE are available in ebook and paperback through IndieBound/Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other retailers, as well as on the author’s website. Audio and hardcover editions will be released in Autumn 2024. Her works-in-progress are Grabtown, a cold case murder mystery set in northeastern Connecticut and due for release in Spring of 2025; and Sketching the Refugee, a poetry chapbook. She lives with her husband and a small dog in Putnam, Connecticut. Learn more at sarahpblanchard.com

Addison McKnight is the pen name for Nicole Moleti and Krista Wells. After over a decade of writing nonfiction, their common interests in women’s emotions and the cultural obsession with perfection sparked an idea for their debut novel, An Imperfect Plan and their second novel looks at how trauma manifests differently in different women. Their second novel is titled The Vineyard Remains. With six jobs and six children between them, they write their books on Saturday nights and on the sidelines of their children’s games. They reside in West Hartford, Connecticut with their families. Learn more at http://www.addisonmcknight.com 

Glen Ebisch is a retired professor of philosophy who has been writing mysteries as an avocation for thirty-five years. Several presses have published over thirty of his books over that time, and he is now also self-publishing. He has three series that he is currently writing. The first is the Charles Bentley mysteries about a retired professor of English living in the Berkshires of Massachusetts who solves murders while dealing with the problems of aging and new romance. The second is the Max Moran mysteries. Max is a failed New York actor who now runs his uncle’s inn on the New Jersey shore and performs in community theater.  Max is tall, dark, and handsome but quite shy and reserved, which has led to him being frequently miscast both on stage and in life. He finds the various roles he has played helpful in solving the murders that often occur around him. The third series is the Alyssa and Aunt Emily mysteries. Alyssa, a local reporter, and Emily, a famous mystery writer, team up to solve murders in a town in Massachusetts.  Learn more at  www.glenebisch.com

Chris Knopf has published 18 mystery/thriller novels. Blood Bank was released in December 2024, about which Kirkus wrote:  “Fans of the series will enjoy its usual low-key pleasures, capped by a nifty climactic surprise.”  Two Time was one of thirteen mysteries listed in Marilyn Stasio’s “Recommended Summer Reading” column in The New York Times Book Review.  Head Wounds was cited as a best mystery of the year by Mysterious Reviews and Deadly Pleasures, receiving the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Mystery.   Dead Anyway received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus and Library Journal, also a Boston Globe Best Crime Novel, and winning the Nero Award.  Representative short stories: What Made Sammy Run was published this fall in New England’s Best Mystery Short Stories.  Kill Switch was short-listed for the Derringer Award.  The Best is Yet to Come appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.  A Little Cariñoso appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Crossing Harry was included in Akashic’s New Haven Noir. Learn more at chrisknopfmystery.com 

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