Seven Sisters Publications
proudly presents...
THE AUTHORS OF NEVER SAFE
Tim
Wohlforth
KILLER
FOG
Tim Wohlforth’s story “Jesus
Christ Is Dead!” made the “Distinguished Mystery Stories” list in
Otto Penzler’s 2005 Best
American Mystery Stories. A story of his is included
in the Mystery Writers of America’s Death Do Us Part, edited by
Harlan Coben.
He is a 2003
Pushcart Prize Nominee. He has received a Certificate of Excellence
from the Dana Literary Society. Wohlforth has had seventy-two short
stories accepted for publication. A contemporary noir novel, No Time To Mourn, was
recently published. He co-authored the non-fiction book, On The Edge: Political Cults
Right and Left.
K.
M. Kavanagh
TRIAL
AND TERROR
K.M. Kavanagh
served as Co-president for the
Central
Coast chapter of
Sisters in Crime for two terms. Her award-winning stories
have been published in small press periodicals. One readers’ favorite landed
in …And Some of Them are
Dead, a mystery anthology
published by Deadly Alibi Press; another appeared in Gone Coastal, a mystery
anthology published by Seven Sisters Publishing in 2006.
Kavanagh’s debut
novel, Rock of Morro Bay,
will be published by Seven Sisters in early 2007. Ms. Kavanagh lives with her
beloved husband in Irvine, where they
share the same dream to move to their
Central
Coast home
together.
Kathleen
Delaney
THE
TRIP
Kathleen Delaney
has recently retired from a thirty year career as a real estate
broker. About ten years ago, after a lifetime as a dedicated reader
of everything she could get her hands on, she decided to honor a
long held secret desire and try to write
herself.
Her first published article
was in Family Fun, a
humor piece about her children’s escapades in 4H. Other articles and
short stories followed and, as she learned her craft, her first
novel, Dying For A Change, was published,
followed by Give First
Place To Murder. She
has just signed a contract with Poisoned Pen Press for a third, And Murder For Dessert. Kathleen is the
mother of five grown children, and grandmother to eight, none of
whom live with her. She has two dogs, who do.
Sunny
Frazier
DITCHED
Sunny
Frazier has been publishing both fiction and nonfiction since 1972.
She is a Navy veteran and wrote for military publications, a local
newspaper in Fresno
before becoming a secretary with an undercover narcotics unit for 17
years where she published articles in The
California
Narcotics Officers Association Magazine.
Her
short mystery fiction has won numerous awards and publication in Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine; Blue Murder Magazine;
Writer’s Journal; The Line-Up
(Fresno
County
Sheriff’s Department Magazine; NEWN; and
Crime and Suspense
Ezine.
Her
stories can also be found in three anthologies: Valley Fever: Where Murder Is
Contagious (Fithian Press, 2003); Seven By Seven: The Seven Deadly
Sins Anthology (Wolfmont Press, 2006); Gone Coastal (Seven Sisters
Press, 2006). Her first novel, Fools Rush In: A Christy Bristol
Astrology Mystery was
published in the fall, 2006, by Wolfmont Press.
Frazier
is co-editor of Crime and Suspense ezine, co-moderator of the Crime
and Suspense Yahoo group, acquisitions editor of Wolfmont Press, and
a member of both the San Joaquin Chapter and Central Coast Chapter
of Sisters in Crime.
Victoria
Heckman
JOSIE'S
CABIN
Victoria Heckman
was born and raised in San
Diego,
California. Through sheer luck and
understanding parents, she went to the
University of
Hawaii at Manoa in
Honolulu, fell in love
with Hawaii and stayed for
thirteen years. She has
a BA in theatre, specializing in children's theatre.
She has been
involved in most aspects of performing from directing, acting, and
choreography, to costuming and special effects make up. She also has experience in
theatre, film, television, radio, video and print
modeling.
Ms. Heckman
currently teaches and directs theatre in middle school and high
school. She has
published numerous short stories and articles in, magazines and
newsletters, her work appearing in FUTURES, San Luis Magazine, and Short Story among others.
Anthologies include More Slo
Death,…And Some of Them Are Dead, Gone Coastal
and Never
Safe.
She is a member
of Sisters in Crime and is past president of the Central Coast
Chapter. Her first
mystery novel, K.O.'d in
Honolulu, is in its
second printing from Seven Sisters Publishing. K.O.’d in the Volcano, 2003 and K.O.’d in the Rift, 2005 are
from Pemberley Press. All are set in
Hawaii and feature
officer Katrina Ogden, K.O., of the Honolulu Police Department.
Heckman is currently
working on a new series, Kapu, A Coconut Man mystery
of Ancient Hawai’i.
Simon
Wood
CRESTFALLEN'S
KINK
Simon Wood is a
California transplant from
England. In the
last six years, he's had over 130 stories and articles
published. A number of his stories have appeared in "Best of"
anthologies and his non-fiction has appeared in Writer's
Digest.
Wood
is the author of three books. His current novel is Working Stiffs and his next
is the mass-market release of Accidents Waiting to Happen
due out from Dorchester/Leisure next March. He’s a contributor
to Murderati.com. Readers are encouraged to visit his website
at: www.simonwood.net
Margaret
Searles
GAME
OVER
Margaret Searles
lives, writes, and edits on the north coast of
California. Her sleuths, Mrs. Millet
& Mrs. Hark, have appeared in magazines and anthologies, and
their first novel, Terlingua
Ale, was published by Deadly Alibi Press in 2004. Wrinklers Press published
their second novel, Devonshire Cream in 2005 and
their third novel, Filet
Mignon in early 2006. Their fourth novel, Briny Chowder, hit the
bookstores in October 2006.
Gay
Toltl Kinman
BODY
AND BLOOD
Gay Toltl Kinman
has eight award nominations for her writing; several short stories
published in American and English magazines; over one hundred and
fifty articles; six children's books; and had four plays produced.
Her young adult gothic
novel, Wolf Castle,
and two adult mysteries Death
in Covent Garden, and Death in a Small Town were just released by
Hilliard and Harris.
She
co-edited a cookbook, and a book promotion publication for Sisters
in Crime, and was on the Board of SINC / LA. She coordinates workshops
for writers at California
State
University,
San
Bernardino;
and is a scholar for the Library of Congress/UCLA "Women of
Mystery" discussion groups.
Kinman has a library degree and a law
degree.
Frank
Zafiro
RUNNING
TO DARKNESS
Frank served in
U.S. Army Intelligence as a Czech linguist during the waning moments
of the Cold War. From
Augsburg,
Germany, he watched the
Berlin Wall tumble and the Velvet Revolution take place in
then-Czechoslovakia. It
was a fine time for freedom.
He became a
police officer in 1993.
During his career, he has served as a patrol officer, a field
training officer, a corporal, a detective (his favorite job) and a
sergeant. He has taught
courses in Report Writing and Sexual Assault Investigation at the
Basic
Law
Enforcement
Academy for the past
several years. He also
writes courseware for criminal justice courses. Because of his active status
within the field of law enforcement, he writes under a
pseudonym.
Most of Frank’s
stories take place in the fictional setting of
River
City, a mid-sized
city in Eastern
Washington, with recurring
characters (including the story in The EX-Factor). His first
River
City novel, Under A Raging Moon, was
published in 2006 by Wolfmont Press. Dozens of his short stories
have been published in print and online magazines, as well as
several anthologies.
Besides
writing, Frank enjoys good movies, his three children (a boy, a girl
and a boy) and hockey—something he both watches and plays. Because he is a goaltender,
many people have rightfully questioned his sanity. The answer to that
particular query is clinched as soon as they discover he is also a
writer. You can keep up
with his work and his blog at: http://frankzafiro.com
Kris
Neri
CAPITAL
JUSTICE
Kris Neri’s
latest publication, Never Say
Die, features triathlete Zoey Morgan, a character from some of
her short stories. She
is also the author of the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity
Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, Revenge of the Gypsy Queen
and Dem Bones’ Revenge.
Kris
Neri has published nearly sixty short stories, in publications and
anthologies in the U.S. and overseas, and is a two-time Derringer
Award winner for the short mystery fiction. She teaches writing online
for the prestigious Writers’ Program of the
UCLA
Extension
School,
and is available for private writing instruction and coaching. And with her husband, Joe,
she is co-owner of The Well Red Coyote bookstore in
Sedona,
Arizona,
where he makes her home.
Readers can reach her through her website:
www.krisneri.com
Gary
R. Hoffman BETWEEN
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Gary R. Hoffman
taught English and Speech/Drama for 22 years in
Missouri and
California. He quit
teaching over 20 years ago to go into business for himself. He
now lives in a motor home and says, “Home is where you park
it!” He now travels the North American Continent, with
Sandy and their cat,
Callie, and attempts to stay in moderate
climates.
He
has had many short stories published in anthologies, ezines, and
magazines. He has also won many awards for his short
stories.
Tony
Burton
SNOW
ANGEL
Tony Burton is
an author and the owner of Wolfmont Publishing and Honey Locust
Press. He has been
writing poetry, non-fiction and fiction for over twelve years. Tony and his wife Lara live
in the mountains of NW Georgia with their champion napdog,
Buddy.
Tony has edited
an anthology of his own:
Seven By Seven,
forty-nine flash fiction pieces by seven authors, all focused on the
Seven Deadly Sins. It
is available directly from Wolfmont Publishing or through your local
bookstore. He has also recently re-released his first two books, Blinded By Darkness and A Wicked Good Play through
Honey Locust Press.
Both of these are available from your bookstore, directly
from the publisher or as signed copies from the author
(http://www.tonyburton.biz).
Bill
Monson
11-46
AT THE PIER
Bill Monson was
Professor of Mass Communications and Journalism at CSU Fresno for 31
years. He led a second
career as a writer, director and performer. He published a novel, wrote
several prize-winning plays, some historical pageants, librettos for
short operas, two radio nostalgia series for
Fresno’s public radio
station, two TV programs for PBS satellite syndication and a weekly
newspaper column.
Monson
also hosted a Sunday night radio talk show for 15 years. He acted and directed in
local theatre productions and became involved with several writers’
organizations.
Gary
Philips
HOUSE
OF TEARS
Gary
Phillips considers himself a practitioner of various storytelling
mediums. With co-editor
Chris Chambers, they’re bringing out the Darker Mask, an anthology
of edgy, topical prose super-hero stories, and is solo editing
Politics Noir, a collection that will feature tawdry tales set in
that most vicious of arenas.
And he’s writing two graphic novels, one a crime story, and
the other, a coming-of-age journey set in his old neighborhood of
South Central L.A.
entitled Los Trez.
Jane
Denison
THE
SCOOP
Formerly a
long-time Human Resource professional in the public education
system, Mary J. Moses now centers her attention on writing. She has
nine books in print, with more “in the works.”
Her most
extensive non-fiction work was in co-authoring two books with Judi
Martindale, San Luis
Obispo financial
planner. The first, No More
Baglady Fears, won a
silver medal in a national competition. They followed that book with
52 Simple
Ways
to Manage Your Money.
Under the
pen-name of Jane Denison, she published the novels, Stella's Search, Ship of Secrets and Other
Stories, The Mill and
her newest, The Family.
Recently, Ms.
Moses self-published interviews of people who lived in
Morro
Bay in the middle
of the last century, Morro
Bay Remembered,
Volumes 1 and II.
Originally from
Southern
California, Mary J. Moses
has lived in San Luis
Obispo
County for fifty
years; currently she resides in Paso Robles. She is active in Quota
International, having served at the International Board level. She has been an officer in
the American Association of University Women for several years and
she is active in organizations for writers and published
authors.
Marilyn Meredith
THE
RESURRECTION
Marilyn Meredith
is the author of award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series,
the latest, Calling the
Dead, from Mundania Press.
She’s also written Wishing Makes It So, a
psychological thriller, which was awarded “Best Thriller for ‘06” by
the American Author Association, as well as other mysteries and
Christian horror.
She is a member
of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, EPIC and Public
Safety Writers of America.
She was an instructor for Writer’s
Digest
School for ten years,
served as instructor at the Maui Writer’s Retreat and many other
writer’s conferences.
She makes her home in a small foothill community much like
Bear Creek where Deputy Tempe Crabtree lives.
For more
information about her novels, check her website at:
http://fictionforyou.com and visit her blog at:
http://marilynmeredith.blogspot.com.
James
M. Murphy
MEAN
STREET
James M. Murphy,
a competition shooter, aircraft mechanic, physicist, engineer,
manager and a lover of all things technical, is the author of the
Gary Charboneau mystery series and a humorous novel, Bimbo Sluts From Hell.
James was raised
in San
Diego and obtained a
BS degree in Physics from San
Diego
State. He joined IBM
and moved to their plant in San
Jose, leaving after
24 years to write full time.
He lives now with his wife, Joan O’Reilly, in
Green
Valley,
Arizona. His third PI Gary Charboneau
novel, Set-up was
published in October 2006.
To
learn more about Murphy’s novels go
to://jimmurphy.7sisterspublishing.com
Chelle
Martin
SECRET
PASSIONS
Chelle
Martin is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America,
and Romance Writers of America. Her short stories,
suspenseful or humorous, have appeared in numerous mystery
anthologies.
Charla
Maine
LIFE
IS A CABERNET
Charla
Maine
is the pseudonym for a Never Safe contributor. Compare his/her name to
those listed in the Table of Contents. Can you guess the identity
of this author? A prize
awaits you if you are correct. For more details, go
to the contest page on the Seven Sisters Publishing website:
www.7sisterspress.com
Sue
McGinty
DARK
BENEDICTION
Sue McGinty is a
Los Osos author with a passion for both contemporary and historical
mysteries. Dogs play a
significant role in many of her stories. Sam, the Labrador retriever
in “Dark Benediction,” is a real “person,” although Sue changed him
from golden to brunette for purposes of the story.
Sue’s
nonfiction has appeared in the San Bernardino Sun, New Times, the
San Luis Obispo Tribune, SLO Journal, and Plus Magazine. Her short stories have
been published in two previous
Central
Coast
Mystery Writers’ anthologies,… And Some Of Them Are Dead and More
SLO Death. She is also
the author of a how-to computer book for John Wiley and Sons, and
fifty computer training courses for McGraw-Hill and Learning Tree
International, Los
Angeles.
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