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Matt Braun is the author of fifty-six novels and books. He has been published in fourteen countries with over 40,000,000 copies in print worldwide. He is the winner of the Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for his novel, The Kincaids, as well as a winner of the Owen Wister Award For Lifetime Achievement from the WRA and the Festival of the West Cowboy Spirit Award.
A "true Westerner," he was born in Oklahoma and is the descendent of a long
line of ranchers. He writes with a passion for historical accuracy and detail that has earned him a reputation as the most authentic portrayer of the American West and has a lifetime appointment as Oklahoma Territorial Marshal. Braun continues to travel the West, gathering materials for his novels.
The Second Coming of Lucas Brokaw is his first flight into contemporary
fiction, and has been optioned for development as a theatrical motion picture.
He has won critical acclaim for his non-fiction book, How To Write Novels That Sell, has had a CBS miniseries adapted from the novel Black Fox and a TNT movie adapted from the novel One Last Town.
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Bill Clem – RIVALS THE BEST WORK OF CRICHTON or COOK
Bill Clem, RN, is the author of the forthcoming The Hospital (2010), Replica, Immortal, Medicine Cup, Microbe, Bliss, Diencephalon, They All Fall Down, Presidential Donor, Skin Deep, and A Brief Interval. He has spent the last twenty-five years working at hospitals in Delaware and Maryland.
My writing career...
I wrote my first novel in 1996 while working in a hospital in Easton, Maryland. It was called Presidential Donor. I was reading a lot at the time and finding that many of the books left me disappointed. So I decided I was going to try to write something that I liked. I was working weekends at the time and spending the night at the hospital, so between shifts I had time to write. As my ideas began to take shape, I found myself writing little snippets of scenes and bits of dialog between taking care of patients. In fact, the first few chapters of Presidential Donor were written in that hospital on the back of my nurses’ notes. Two years later, I completed the first draft. After I realized it was awful, I immersed myself in every book I could find on writing and publishing. I also began writing my second novel, Skin Deep. Armed with my new knowledge, I rewrote Presidential Donor and sent it to a dozen agents who all sent back rejection letters. Determined not to give up, I finished Skin Deep while simultaneously working on improving Presidential Donor. I sent out Skin Deep to thirty publishers and received twenty-nine rejection letters. But on number thirty, someone finally said yes. Skin Deep was published in 2006 and shortly thereafter, Presidential Donor followed. Soon, my third book was finished and in print. Now, four years later, I’m about to release my eleventh novel and have several more planned for 2010. Besides writing, I’m still a practicing RN and am busy raising two teenage daughters with my wife, Susan.
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Note: According to Bill's website, he suffered a severe stroke in February 2010. He is recuperating and in rehabilitation at Bryn Mawr Rehab. All of us at Speaking Volumes and his fans wish him well and a speedy recovery to full health.
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Max Allan Collins – NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING author
Max is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called "mystery's Renaissance man". He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movies and historical fiction. He wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition (which was developed into a film in 2002). He has also written two novel sequels to Road to Perdition - Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. He has also served as the creative consultant for a number of major productions, and has written books and comics based on the TV series franchise CSI. More recently, he has written a book, Buried Deep, based on the TV Series Bones.
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NEW YORK TIMES Best-Selling Author—Janet Dailey was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska before meeting her husband, Bill. Bill and Janet worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Janet to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Janet Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was "No Quarter Asked". She has since gone on to write approximately 90 novels, 21 of which have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She has won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three-hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in 19 different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Janet Dailey visit www.janetdailey.com.
Currently there are over 325 million copies of her novels in print throughout the world, with translations in 19 languages, in 98 countries.
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Barbara D'Amato – Anthony, Agatha and Carl Sandburg Award Winner is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Winner of the 1998 Carl Sandburg Award for Excellence in Fiction and of the Anthony and Agatha Awards, she is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and of Sisters in Crime International. She lives in Chicago.
»Her short story Steak Tartare can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume One
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Susan Dunlap – Short Story Award Winner is best known for her Jill Smith detective series, but she is a prolific and much loved writer of crime and mystery fiction, including award-winning short stories.
»Her short story Hearing Her Name can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume Two.
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Ray Garton is the author of close to sixty books, including horror novels such as Live Girls (which has a movie in the works), Crucifax Autumn, and The Folks; thrillers like Trade Secrets and Shackled; and numerous short stories and novellas.
He has also written a number of movie and television tie-ins for young readers. He lives with his wife, Dawn, in California.
E-Reads has recently released his widely-praised novel Sex and Violence in Hollywood and has further titles in production.
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Ed Gorman – SHAMUS, ANTHONY and ELLERY QUEEN AWARD-WINNING author
Ed has worked in politics as both a speechwriter and a TV producer. He has won the Shamus, Anthony, Ellery Queen, Spur, and International Fiction Awards. He has been nominated twice for an Edgar and once for the Silver Dagger. His other work includes the Sam McCain series and the Jack Sawyer series. A feature film based on his novel The Poker Club is forthcoming.
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Gerald Hausman, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945, grew up in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He graduated from college in New Mexico and continued to live there for two decades. During that time, he had a summer residence on the island of Jamaica where he and his wife, Loretta, founded a school for creative writing. Mr. Hausman has lived in Bokeelia, Florida since 1994. In addition to his many books about Native America, Gerald Hausman has written extensively about animal mythology. His work as a folklorist has earned him many national and international honors. Gerald's most recent award is from the Florida Magazine Association for his column "Pine Island Soundings" about life on a barrier island.
Gerald is a frequent storyteller at college writers programs and at young authors conferences. Recently, he performed at the Young Authors Conference in Kaiserslautern, Germany as a guest of Department of Defense Dependent Schools. His lively presentations, complete with a myriad of sound effects, have earned him praise from storytellers, speakers, writers, and listeners.
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Sue Henry – Anthony and Macavity Award Winner,her first Jessie Arnold mystery, Murder on the Iditarod Trail, won both the Anthony and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel. She also writes the Maxie McNabb mysteries. Henry is a former college administrator and has lived in Alaska for 30 years. She spends much of her spare time RVing around the Lower Forty-Eight or researching Alaska.
»Her short story Sister Death can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume Two.
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William W. Johnstone – USA TODAY BEST-SELLING author
William is admired for the great diversity in his writing talents. Though most known for his western adventures, Johnstone was also a visionary writer. His prophetic stories within his Ashes Series, Code Name Series, and his science fiction books, predicting the Gulf War and the political climate we live in today, was ahead of it's time when it was written.
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Rochelle Krich – Anthony Award Winner is the author of many acclaimed novels of suspense, including Blues in the Night (which introduced Molly Blume), Dream House, Shadows of Sin, Dead Air, Blood Money, and Fertile Ground. An Anthony Award winner for her debut novel, Where's Mommy Now? (which was adapted as the TV movie Perfect Alibi), Krich lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their children.
»Her short story Guardian Angel can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume Two
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Bentley Little – BRAM STOKER AWARD-WINNING author
Bentley was discovered by Dean Koontz and Stephen King. There have been few adaptations of Bentley Little's work. However, Little's short story "The Washingtonians" published in THE COLLECTION was adapted by the horror anthology Masters of Horror on SHOWTIME—under the direction of Peter Medak.
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MARGARET MARON – NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING Author
Margaret grew up on a farm near Raleigh, North Carolina, but for many years lived in Brooklyn, New York. When she returned to her North Carolina roots with her artist-husband, Joe, she bagan a series based on her own background. The first book, BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, became a Washington Post bestseller that swept the top mystery awards for its year. Later Deborah Knott novels UP JUMPS THE DEVIL and STORM TRACK won the Agatha award for Best Novel.
»Her short story You May Already Be A Winner can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume One.
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Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir — FIFTY MILLION COPIES SOLD
Warren Murphy books and stories have sold fifty million copies worldwide and won a dozen national awards. He has created a number of book series, including the Trace series and the long-running satiric adventure, The Destroyer the basis for the film Remo Williams-The Adventure Begins. His film credits include, Lethal Weapon 2, Murphy's Law, and The Eiger Sanction.
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SARA PARETSKY – NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING author
Sara has received numerous awards, including the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers Association, the Gold Dagger for best novel for her book Blacklist, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from several different universities. Sara's books have been translated into almost thirty languages.
»Her short story A Family Sunday in the Park: V. I. Warshawski's First Case can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume One.
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Nancy Pickard – Anthony, Macavity and Agatha Award Winner, creator of the acclaimed Jenny Cain mystery series, won the Anthony Award for Say No to Murder, won the Macavity Award for Marriage Is Murder, and two Agatha Awards, for Bum Steer (1990) and I.O.U. (1991). A former reporter and editor, she is a past president of Sisters in Crime. She splits her time between Kansas and Florida.
»Her short story I Killed can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume Two.
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Thom Reese wrote and directed each episode of 21st Century Audio Theater an audio drama radio program which aired on the 50,000 watt KDWN in Las Vegas. Co-producing with wife, Kathy, episodes ranged from science fiction to murder mystery to action/adventure, and comedy. Prior to this, Thom was a full time staff writer/editor for an online magazine. He studied comedy writing at The Second City.
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Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir – FIFTY MILLION COPIES SOLD
Richard Sapir wrote five novels: Bressio (1975), The Far Arena (1978), The Body (1983), Spies (1984), and Quest (1987), a modern day search for the Holy Grail.
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Patricia Sprinkle – BEST-SELLING AUHTOR grew up in North Carolina and Florida, graduated from Vassar College, and afterwards spent a year writing in the Scottish Highlands. She has been writing mysteries full time since 1988, and currently lives in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. She and her husband have two grown sons. When she is not writing, Patricia is active in advocacy for abused, neglected, and deprived children.
»Her short story For the Common Good can be heard in Sisters on the Case Volume One.
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Steve Rasnic Tem – BRITISH FANTASY AWARD-WINNING author
Steve's short fiction has been compared to the work of Franz Kafka, Dino Buzzati, Ray Bradbury, and Raymond Carver, but to quote Joe R. Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself." His 200 plus published pieces have garnered him a British Fantasy Award, and nominations for the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards.
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Roger Zelazny – HUGO and NEBULA AWARD-WINNING author
Roger burst onto the SF scene in the early 1960s with a series of dazzling and groundbreaking short stories. He won his first of six Hugo Awards for Lord of Light, and soon after produced the first book of his enormously popular Amber series, Nine Princes in Amber. In addition to his Hugos, he went on to win three Nebula Awards over the course of a long and distinguished career. He died on June 14, 1995.
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