Reader, writer, editor, instructor, former publisher, memoirist, short story writer, novelist, crackpot theorist--if it doesn't have to do with book-related matters, who cares! Seriously, 2023 is clipping along! At the end of last year, after much consideration, I sold Launch Point Press in order to have time to write again. I'm at work on an adventure/suspense/romance titled ADVENTURES UNLIMITED and intermittently on another novel tentatively called STRAYS. The fifth Gun Series book, GUNPOINT, has been on the shelf far too long so I'm blocking that now to get it done as soon as possible. In addition to writing books, I administer the Alice B Reader Appreciation Awards and enjoy meeting with area writers through the Portland Lesbian Writers Group. I live on the edge of Portland, Oregon, at The Fortress of Solitude. For more info: www.LoriLLake.com.

LORI L. LAKE’s BOOKS

=ROMANCES=

*Eight Dates (2014)

*Like Lovers Do (2011)

*Different Dress (2003)

*Ricochet in Time (2001)

*Adventures Unlimited (forthcoming)

=THE GUN SERIES=

*Gun Shy (2001)

*Under The Gun (2002)

*Have Gun We'll Travel (2005)

*Jump The Gun (2013)

*Gunpoint (forthcoming)

=THE PUBLIC EYE MYSTERY SERIES=

*Buyer's Remorse (2011)

*A Very Public Eye (2012)

=HISTORICAL NOVELS=

*Snow Moon Rising (2006)

=NONFICTION=

*Sparking Creativity: Words of Wisdom to Inspire Your Writing Craft (forthcoming)

=COLLECTIONS=

*Shimmer and Other Stories (2007)

*Stepping Out: Short Stories (2004)

=ANTHOLOGIES EDITED=

*Time's Rainbow: Writing Ourselves Back Into American History (2017)

*Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam (2015)

*Romance for Life (2005)

*The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write about Mothers & Daughters (2004)

Michael Allan Mallory authored THE LOST DRAGON MURDER, which introduces Detective Henry Lau and his partner, and niece, Detective Janet Lau. The novel is a traditional detective novel. It won the Best Independent Book Award in the detective mystery category and was also a Finalist for the Midwest Book Award and Silver Falchion Award Finalist at the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference.

Michael is the co-author of KILLER INSTINCT, which continued the adventures of mystery's first zoologist sleuth. Zookeeper Lavender "Snake" Jones travels to Superior National Forest to investigate a wild wolf killing that escalates into the murder of a key suspect and puts her in jeopardy as the killer's gun sights train on her.

DEATH ROLL, his debut novel with Marilyn Victor, was released in hardcover in 2007 by Five Star and introduced zookeeper Snake Jones, who investigates the murder of the director of the Minnesota Valley Zoo. DEATH ROLL is available on Kindle and in trade paperback.

Michael's short fiction has appeared in numerous mystery publications. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and is a past president of the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters in Crime. MINNESOTA NOT SO NICE: EIGHTEEN TALES OF BAD BEHAVIOR, a mystery anthology he helped edit was a 2021 SILVER FALCHION AWARD FINALIST for BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION / ANTHOLOGY, which is presented by the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference .

His website is www.snakejones.com

Sheyna Galyan is an award-winning author and poet, a natural-born intuitive, a trauma survivor, and the founder of Soul Guides, which helps people go from silenced and squashed to vocal and free through trauma-informed coaching and their own kickass team of soul guides. Prior to launching Soul Guides, Sheyna was the founder and owner of the multi-award-winning Yotzeret Publishing for 17 years.

Sheyna holds advanced degrees in psychology and education, and according to their now-adult children, is half-human and half “special,” which is baffling, because they put their pants on one eyebrow at a time like everyone else.

Sheyna is an enby (non-binary) who uses they/them pronouns, a Jewish mystic, and married to a man who says they're “something, that’s for sure.”

Based on feedback from multiple focus groups (or what some people playfully refer to as “the public”), Sheyna has managed to successfully pull off profound, intense, and insane simultaneously.

Barbara Deese grew up in a family of voracious readers and still feels at home with people who love a good story. Her twisty career path began when she became one of thirty-three female air marshals in the U.S. She lives in Minnesota with her husband. Murder at Spirit Falls is the first of a series of mysteries featuring the No Ordinary Women book club. For more, go to the website: www.noordinarywomenmysteries.com

Natalie Fowler is an author, freelance editor, paranormal investigator and a practicing psychic medium. Her fiction works are represented by Dawn Frederick of Red Sofa Literary. Natalie is also a staff editor and contributor for FATE Magazine.

Fascinated by ghost stories from an early age, Natalie is also a member of Ghost Stories Ink, a group of authors and illustrators who go on paranormal investigations in search of creative inspiration. Natalie serves as the group's researcher and historian. She recently co-founded Paranormal Services Cooperative (www.PSCooperative.com), a team dedicated to promoting paranormal unity and spirit rescue. Her book, THE SPIRIT'S WAY HOME (2020 Llewellyn Worldwide) describes how a former lawyer and soccer mom, started doing the work she does with spirit rescue.

In her free time, Natalie can often be found in dusty old attics or creepy basements or amidst the stacks of old books at the history libraries. Her book, MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST, co-authored with Jessica Freeburg, was released in October 2015 by Adventure Publications. Her short story DARKNESS WATCHING can be found in NIGHT VISIONS, the first anthology collection of Ghost Stories Ink. More recently, her story THE MONEY MOLL was selected for inclusion in the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime anthology, DARK SIDE OF THE LOON.

In March of 2008, Natalie accidentally became a blogger when her young family accepted an expat assignment in Brussels, Belgium. In 2017, Natalie released MY ADVENTURES AS AN EXPAT IN BELGIUM, an abridged version of the blog she kept while living abroad.

For more about her projects and works, visit www.NatalieFowler.com

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Judy M. Kerr has published short stories in three anthologies. She resides with her extended family in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Judy retired from the US Postal Service in 2017 after more than thirty-eight years of federal service. Black Friday is her first crime fiction novel. Her website is at www.judymkerr.com.

“She successfully juggled flaming bowling balls while being pelted with gasoline filled water balloons.” Yep - that describes the career from which I escaped and never looked back. Yay, me!!

Today, I’m living the dream in lovely lake-filled Minnesota.

Sports production stage manager by night, mystery writer by day.

Current President of the Twin Cities Chapter, Sisters in Crime.

Look for more adventures with Sara ‘Tuck’ Tucker in the near future and (if I ever get around to it) watch for Emma Dawkins in the Fernbridge Mysteries.

So many stories, so little time!