Meet the amazing line-up of authors who contributed exercises to Now Write! Mysteries.
CONTRIBUTORS WITH SAMPLE EXERCISE:
A retired Near Eastern archaeologist, Aileen G. Baron is the author of the Lily Sampson series, set in the Middle East featuring archeologist Lily Sampson. The series includes A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes, The Torch of Tangier, and The Scorpion’s Bite. The Gold of Thrace is the first book in her contemporary series about the intrigue and deceit in the antiquities trade. Download her exercise: Plausibility.
Deborah Coonts has been a storyteller from an early age—something that used to get her in trouble. She authored Wanna Get Lucky? a New York Times Notable Book for 2010. The sequel, Lucky Stiff, came out in 2011, with So Damn Lucky to follow. Download her exercise: The Offbeat Protagonist.
Gerard Bianco is an award-winning author of the mystery/thriller The Deal Master. The marketing techniques he developed to promote his novel were featured in Carol Hoenig’s book, The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events. He is writing his second book, Poor Choices—a group of short stories, poetry, and two plays. Download his exercise: Planting a Seed.
All contributors with site links:
Lou Allin louallin.com
Emily Arsenault amyarsenault.com
Deborah Turrell Atkinson deborahatkinson.com
Frankie Y. Bailey frankieybailey.com
Aileen G. Baron aileengbaron.com
James Scott Bell jamesscottbell.com
Gerard F. Bianco gerardbianco.com
Juliet Blackwell julietblackwell.net
Jon P. Bloch drjonpbloch.blogspot.com
Rhys Bowen rhysbowen.com
Rachel Brady rachelbrady.com
Simon Brett simonbrett.com
Jan Brogan janbrogan.com
Graham Brown authorgrahambrown.com
Robert Browne robertbrownebooks.com
Andrea Campbell womenincrimeink.blogspot.com
Rebecca Cantrell rebeccacantrell.com
Lorenzo Carcaterra lorenzocarcaterra.com
Thomas B. Cavanagh thomasbcavanagh.com
Henry Chang chinatowntrilogy.com
Philip Cioffari philipcioffari.com
Jane K. Cleland janecleland.net
Reed Farrel Coleman reedcoleman.com
Sheila Connolly sheilaconnolly.com
Deborah Coonts deborahcoonts.com
Douglas Corleone douglascorleone.com
Bill Crider billcrider.com
Bruce DeSilva brucedesilva.com
Matthew Dicks matthewdicks.com
Sean Doolittle seandoolittle.com
Wayne D. Dundee waynedundee.com
Peggy Ehrhart peggyehrhart.com
Hallie Ephron hallieephron.com
Brian Evenson brianevenson.com
Kate Flora kateflora.com
Jack Fredrickson jackfredrickson.com
David Fulmer davidfulmer.com
Meg Gardiner meggardiner.com
Kathleen George kathleengeorgebooks.com
Kate M. George kategeorge.com
Sophie Hannah sophiehannah.com
Karen Harper karenharperauthor.com
Gar Anthony Hayward garanthonyhaywood.com
Lynne Heitman lynneheitman.com
Vicki Hendricks vickihendricks.com
Reece Hirsch reecehirsch.com
Roberta Islieb lucyburdette.com
Peter James peterjames.com
Chris Knopf chrisknopfmystery.com
Harley Jane Kozak harleyjanekozak.com
William Kent Krueger williamkentkrueger.com
Ken Kuhlken kenkuhlken.net
Will Lavender willlavender.com
Robert S. Levinson robertslevinson.com
Stephen Liskow steveliskow.com
Sophie Littlefield sophielittlefield.com
John Lutz johnlutzonline.com
Doc Macomber docmacomber.com
Tim Maleeny timmaleeny.com
G.M. Malliet gmmalliet.com
Christopher Moore cgmoore.com
Jim Napier deadlydiversions.com
Diana Orgain dianaorgain.com
Katherine Hall Page katherine-hall-page.org
Louise Penny louisepenny.com
Henry Perez henryperezbooks.com
Twist Phelan twistphelan.com
M. William Phelps mwilliamphelps.com
Cathy Pickens cathypickens.com
Stephen D. Rogers stephendrogers.com
Stephen Jay Schwartz stephenjayschwartz.com
Michael Sears detectivekubu.com
Kelli Stanley kellistanley.com
Valerie Storey valeriestorey.com
Andy Straka andystraka.com
Marcia Talley marciatalley.com
Jaden Terrell jadenterrell.com
James Thompson jamesthompsonauthor.com
Stanley Trollip detectivekubu.com
Judith Van Gieson judithvangieson.com
John Westermann johnwestermann.com
Sharon Wildwind wildwindauthor.com
Michael Wiley michaelwileyonline.com
Kenneth Wisnia kennethwisnia.com
Nancy Means Wright nancymeanswright.com
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