Carolyn Hart
Carolyn Hart is the author of 42 novels in the Death on Demand and
Henri O series. Ghost At Work is the first in a new series
featuring the late Bailey Ruth Raeburn, an impetuous red-headed
ghost who returns to earth to help someone in trouble. Coming in
October is Merry, Merry Ghost, a Christmas mystery and second in the
series. Letter From Home, a stand alone novel set in Oklahoma, was published by Berkley in 2003, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University Tulsa and won the Agatha for Best Mystery Novel of 2003. In Letter From Home, Gretchen Gilman is 13 in the summer of 1944 and working on the small town newspaper. Murder occurs on the street where she
lives, changing her life forever. Hart was one of ten mystery authors featured
at the National Book Festival on the Mall in Washington D.C. in October 2003. In March 2004 she received the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book. In April 2004 she spoke at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on mysteries in American
culture. A video of that speech is posted at the Library of Congress website. She was also featured at the 2007 National Book Festival. Hart is a native of Oklahoma City, a Phi Beta Kappa journalism graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and a former president of Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the International Crime Writers Association, and American Crime Writers League. She taught professional writing in the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism from 1982-85. She is the author of 42 mysteries with 3 million books in print, winner of three Agatha Awards for Best Novel, two Anthonys, and Macavitys. She received the
Ridley Pearson Award at Murder in Grove, Boise, Idaho, in 2005 for significant contributions to the mystery field. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, Phil.
Her website is www.CarolynHart.com
Kent Krueger

Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger
briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for
radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at free-lance journalism, and eventually ended up researching
child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 30 years to a marvelous woman who is an attorney. With his wife and two children, he makes his home in St. Paul. Kent writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former
sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. Kent’s work
has received a number of awards including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction
Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. Kent’s
keynote address will be “Writer’s Life: Reasons for Hope.“ As Kent explains, with all the difficulties confronting those of us who are or want to be writers, we have every reason to feel gloomy. But there are lots of good reasons to celebrate this marvelous journey we’re on.

Esther Luttrell

With a CBS and MGM background, Esther Luttrell’s experience includes feature
films, sitcoms, mini-series, and music videos. She’s been production
coordinator on a couple of network shows, assistant to the Vice President of
MGM-TV, and sold her first original screenplay to Dick Clark Cinema
Productions. She’s also been a director, producer and mostly a writer. She
is the author of the mystery novel Murder in the Movies and two screenwriting
books. She has taught a number of screenwriting courses around the country
on her own or with one of her MGM bosses, Donald Gold, producer of
"Diagnosis Murder" Once in a while, they were joined by Marie Gillen
(exec. producer "Fried Green Tomatoes", officer in Morgan Freeman's company
Revelations Entertainment), Paul Rabwin (Emmy award-winning producer "The X Files"),
Jack Allen, network development executive; Mark Schulman, of DreamWorks; and Paul Mason, Senior Vice President of Production, Viacom (also her ex-boss when Esther was production coordinator on "CHiPs"). After being hired to write "Malice in the First Degree", a screenplay
based on the true story of a Caribbean attorney framed for murder, she moved to the Midwest to concentrate
on writing novels. After a difficult divorce, her husband kidnapped their small children. The results would make a novel in itself!
Mark Bouton
Mark Bouton earned degrees in sociology and law, then joined the FBI, nabbing killers, kidnappers, and bank robbers across America for 30 years. He played a
key role in identifying the Oklahoma City bombers. Mark uses his background in
tracking down real criminals to write mystery/suspense novels. He has four published
novels, the latest being The Second Savior, which asks, “What if Jesus were alive
in L.A. and got caught in a drive-by shooting?” He’s also written a non-fiction
book entitled "How to Spot Lies Like the FBI. Mark lives on a horse ranch
north of St. Mary’s, Kansas.

His website is http://www.markbouton.com
Robert Brown
Robert Brown represents literary mainstream, character-driven literary mysteries, young adult, highly commercial women's fiction, and love stories. He has taught workshops and consulted on manuscripts at conferences throughout North America and is an AAR member. Current clients include Heather Sharfeddin, author of Windless Summer and Damaged Goods (Bantam Dell, 2009 and
2010 ), Jon Ripslinger, author of Derailed and Last Kiss (Flux, 2006 and 2007), and Tim Carter, author of Epoch and Evil? (Flux, 2007 and 2009). He maintains
an updated listing of current needs on the company’s Web site at www.wylie-merrick.com and a running commentary about publishing on the agency’s blog at www.wyliemerrick.blogspot.com.
Randy Bodenschatz

Randy Bodenschatz is a Senior Special Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration, SEMO, 1978, and an M.S. in Criminal Justice Administration, CMSU, 1983. Randy served in the Ladue Police Department from
1979-1987, leaving in ’87 to join the ATF, where he’s been ever since. Randy began serving as Firearms Instructor in 1987 and still holds that position. He has also been the Special Response
Team Assistant Team Leader, from 1989-2001, and qualified as the Firearms Interstate Nexus
Expert, 1991-present. He is recognized as a Firearms Expert in the Eastern and Western Judicial Districts of
Missouri, the Southern Judicial District of Illinois, and the Northern Judicial District of Iowa. Randy
has been a 14-time Missouri Police Olympic Pistol Shooting Champion and is a Firearms
Identification and Safety Instructor at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, International Law Enforcement Academies, in Africa, Hungary, and Guatemala. He is a Missouri POST certified Instructor.
Wilfred Bereswill

An Environmental Engineer, Wilfred Bereswill has worked in the oil and gas industry for fifteen years. Now he travels extensively and has been traveling internationally for the last ten years, the most recent international travel to China. Will and his family live in St Louis. The story, A Reason for Dying, came
together over several years. Inspirations came from his travels in China during SARS and a combination of storytelling techniques used by Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton. Log on to wbereswill.com for more information about Will.
Claire Applewhite

Claire Applewhite is a graduate of St. Louis University, where she earned an
AB in Communications and an MBA, Finance. A past participant in the Summer Writers Institute at Washington University, she is a contributing writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Book Blog, Stltoday.com, Entertainment. Her first mystery novel, The Wrong Side of Memphis, was released in May 2009, by L&L Dreamspell. See her new story, Moonlight Becomes You So in the exciting anthology also by L&L Dreamspell, Poison, Murder and Satisfaction.

Visit www.Claireapplewhite.com for details of other

award winning novels. Claire is a current Board member of the Midwest Mystery Writers
of America. Since 1999, she has been a charter member of the St. Louis Chapter of Sisters in Crime. In addition, Claire is an active member of the Missouri Writers Guild, St. Louis Writers Guild,
Heartland Writers Guild and Mystery Writers of America. A mother of three grown children,
Claire lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and two Airedale Terriers, Jack and Sydney.
Vicki Erwin

Vicki Berger Erwin is the owner of Main Street Books in St Charles MO. Owning a bookstore has been her lifelong dream, finally
achieved. She is also the author of 21 published books including
Jamie and the Mystery Quilt, Mystery of the Secret Dolls, ‘Elizabeth Bryan Mysteries’ and three titles in ‘Scooby Doo and You’ series.
Dan Fahnestock

Dan Fahnestock is the DNA Technical Leader of the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department Criminalistics Laboratory. From 1998 until his departure for St. Charles County in late 2008, Dan
was the Senior Analyst for the Biology/DNA Lab at the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic
Science Center in Wichita, KS. In addition to casework duties, Dan also served at the Local
CODIS (DNA Database) Administrator, a function he also serves at his current position at
the Sheriff’s Department. Dan received a B.A. degree in Biology from Westminster College
in Fulton, MO and an M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven in New
Haven, CT. Dan has testified numerous times as an expert witness in Forensic Biology and DNA Analysis and has served as a an adjunct professor at Wichita State University teaching Forensic Science.
Jo Hiestand

A true Anglophile, Jo Hiestand wanted to capture the traditional flavor of an English police procedural and the intimate atmosphere of a cozy. The
result is the Taylor & Graham series, two of which were co-authored
by a St Louis-area police detective (writing as one of the characters). As
Peter Lovesey, author of the Sergeant Cribb and Peter Diamond series, remarked about fifth series book Horns of a Dilemma, “Immaculate research, attention to detail and an elegant style are the hallmarks of Jo Hiestand’s writing. An atmospheric novel.” Jo’s short story “Double
Cross” is in the L&L Dreamspell anthology Poison, Murder and Satisfaction. Siren Song, the first
novel in a new series, will be published in June 2010 by L&L. One of her mystery plays, Death by Fruitcake, will be staged at the Bluegrass Mystery Dinner Theatre in Lexington, KY this December.
Jo is the current president of the Greater St Louis Chapter of Sisters in Crime,
and a member of MWA.

Visit Jo and co-author Paul Hornung at www.johiestand.com
Sharene Martin-Brown

Sharene Martin-Brown represents romance, erotica, women’s fiction, selected GLBT projects, and specialty projects. She is a multi-published author and freelance writer who has taught high school and college writing and literature. She’s taught workshops and consulted on manuscripts at conferences throughout North America and is a member of the Romance Writers of America. She’s sold works by Lydia Parks, author of Addicted and Animal Instinct (Kensington, 2008 and 2009) and Shadow Lover (Harlequin, 2009), Lambda-finalist MJ Pearson, author of The Price of Temptation, Discreet Young Gentleman, and Helpless (Seventh Window, 2005, 2006, and 2009) and Lisa Cooke, author of Texas Hold Him (Leisure Books, 2009) and A Midwife Crisis (Leisure Books, 2010). She maintains an updated listing of current needs on the company’s Web site at www.wylie-merrick.com and occasionally contributes to the agency’s blog at www.wyliemerrick.blogspot.com.
Dr Jean Curtit

Dr. Jean Curtit is Criminalist III in the Latent Print section of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory. Prior to working in forensic science, she earned a bachelor's degree in biology and a doctorate in chiropractic medicine. She has 13 years experience in chiropractic medicine and more than 5 years experience as a latent print examiner with the Missouri Highway
Patrol. Dr. Curtit received her forensic art training under the mentorship of Barbara Martin-Bailey of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan after attending an intensive 58-hour class taught by Barbara Martin-Bailey in 2006. Since completing her training, Dr. Curtit has joined forces with 21 other volunteer artists from around the country who help law enforcement agencies give a name to the nameless victims of crime through facial reconstruction and forensic sketches for the Doe Network and the EDAN (Everyone Deserves A Name) Project. In addition, Dr. Curtit currently serves on the Board of the International Association for Identification as the Division Representative and is a Board member of Missouri Missing. She is also Second-Vice President of the Missouri Division of the IAI; and a licensed chiropractic physician in Missouri, a chiropractic Fellow with the Acupuncture Society of America, member of the Missouri State Chiropractors Association, International Association for Identification, Missouri Division of the International Association for Identification, Florida Division of the International Association for Identification, and the Fingerprint Society of the United Kingdom.
Judy Moresi

Judy Moresi, A.K.A. J. Hassler Moresi, is published in short stories, feature articles, photography and the mystery novel Widow's Walk, soon to be released from L&L Dreamspell. She has received various awards for portions of her unpublished novels, including first place in the Mainstream Category of a Heartland Writers Guild competition. A member of Mystery Writers of America, Ozark Writers League, and Sisters in Crime, Judy is Newsletter Editor for the Greater
St. Louis Chapter of SINC. Currently, she is hard at work on Cat's Cradle, the second book in her Missouri-based mystery series.

Her full bio is at www.JudyMoresi.com.
W.E. Mueller

W.E. Mueller is a retired marketing communications executive. He won The Writer magazine short story contest of 2008, and also took first place in the 2008 St. Louis Writers Guild short story contest. His stories have won other awards from the St. Louis Writers Guild and the Jefferson County Writers Group and have been published in two anthologies of the Ozark Writers League. Bill has written book reviews for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and essays for Commonweal magazine. Bill lives in Chesterfield, Missouri with his wife Barbara and their dog Rosie.
Radine Trees Nehring

Radine Trees Nehring spent a number of years as a print and broadcast journalist and magazine feature writer before her first book, DEAR EARTH: A Love Letter from Spring Hollow, appeared in 1995, winning the Arkansas Governor’s Award for best writing about the state. Her “To Die For” mystery series began in 2002 with Macavity nominee, A Valley to Die For. The continuing series has earned several “Best Mystery” awards as well as an Arkansas Book of the Year designation. Her soon-to-be published sixth Carrie McCrite and Henry King "To Die For" mystery won first place, best mystery novel, at the Oklahoma Writers' Federation Convention, an event drawing writers from more than eight states and over 1200 contest entries.

http://www.RadinesBooks.com Blog for readers

For writers - http://radine.wordpress.com

The "To Die For" mystery series...touring the Ozarks,
one crime at a time.
The Saint Louis Publishers Association

The St. Louis Publishers Association is a regional affiliate of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA-Formerly PMA) and SPAN (Small Publishers of North America). They are a local group with global connections to the publishing industry. SLPA is a professional association of roughly 100 members who are involved in the publishing business. Monthly meetings feature an in-depth discussion on a topic essential to success in the publishing industry. Whether you are an aspiring author, a published author, a publisher or one who provides services to those who publish, SLPA encourages you to visit them. It’s a great place to network, ask questions and build your business. For more information, including monthly meeting topics and directions,

Visit their site at http://www.stlouispublishers.org
Joel Snead

Joel Snead has been a police officer in the greater St. Louis area for over 31 years. During this time he has been a Field Training Officer, Detective, Crime Scene Photographer, Evidence Custodian, Member of the Major Case Squad, Firearms Instructor and Department Armorer. Among some of his hobbies are the outdoors and pistol shooting.
Bryan Hampton

Bryan Hampton is the Director of the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department Criminalistics Laboratory. From 1995 until his appointment as Laboratory Director in 1999, Bryan was the Senior Forensic Scientist for the Sheriff’s Lab. Prior to joining the Sheriff’s Department, Bryan was a forensic scientist with the St. Louis County Police Department Crime Laboratory for ten years. Bryan received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Missouri State University and has completed graduate courses in forensic science. He has received training in a variety of forensic science disciplines through the FBI, DEA, ATF and other forensic organizations. Bryan has testified as an expert witness in hundreds of criminal trials ranging from misdemeanor drug offenses to high-profile homicides.
Gary Toelke

Gary Toelke started his law enforcement career in 1975 with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. He was appointed Sheriff in November of 1988 when Sheriff Paul J. Bruns retired. Gary had already won his election in November of 1988 and then took elected office on January 1989. He just finished out Sheriff Bruns’ term until he took elected office. Sheriff Bruns retired due to health reasons. Prior to Gary’s elected office, he was Chief Deputy under Sheriff Bruns for 8 years. He has been married to his wife, Sandy, for 38 years, has two daughters and six grandchildren.