Maggie Toussaint
Maggie Toussaint is contributing the short story “High Noon at Dollar Central” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills. Formerly an aquatic toxicologist contracted to the U.S. Army and a freelance reporter, Southern author Maggie Toussaint writes mysteries, romances, and science fiction. With thirteen published books to her credit, her latest release is Bubba Done It, book two in her “Dreamwalker Mystery Series,” featuring an amateur sleuth who talks to the dead. An active member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters In Crime, Maggie’s won three writing awards, including the Silver Falchion for Best Mystery. She lives in coastal Georgia, where secrets, heritage, and ancient oaks cast long shadows.
Jonathan Stone is contributing the short story “Mailman” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills. Stone does most of his writing on the commuter train between the Connecticut suburbs and Manhattan, where he is the creative director of a midtown advertising agency. His six published novels have all been optioned for film. Two of his short stories are anthologized in the Mystery Writers of America annual collections. “Hedge” appears in The Mystery Box, edited by Brad Meltzer, and “East Meets West” can be found in Ice Cold – Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War, edited by Jeffrey Deaver. A graduate of Yale, Jon is married with a son and daughter in college. His latest novel is The Teller.
Clay Stafford, Editor & Publisher of Clay Stafford Books, is contributing the short story “Savage Gulf” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills.
Eyre Price is contributing the short story “Sad Like a Country Song” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills.
Anne Perry is contributing the short story “Shutter Speed” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills. Perry is the international bestselling author of over fifty novels, which have sold over 25 million copies. The Times selected her as one of the 20th Century’s “100 Masters of Crime”. In 2015 she was awarded the Premio de Honor Aragón Negro.
Jon Jefferson is contributing the short story “Giving Blood” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills. Jefferson—the “writer” half of the bestselling crime-fiction duo “Jefferson Bass”—is a prolific author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Collaborating with forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass (founder of the University of Tennessee’s “Body Farm”), Jefferson has written two nonfiction memoirs and nine crime novels, seven of them New York Times bestsellers. Jefferson has also written and produced more than two-dozen documentaries for the History Channel, the Arts & Entertainment Network, the Oxygen Network, and the National Geographic Channel. His two National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm were broadcast worldwide, to an audience of millions.
Steven James is contributing the short story “Second Thoughts” to Killer Nashville Presents…First Kills.Steven James is the critically acclaimed author of more than three dozen books, including the Patrick Bowers and Jevin Banks thriller series, and he has recently released the first book of his teen suspense trilogy, Blur. Steven’s other works span a variety of genres including non-fiction, fantasy and drama. He has a master’s degree in storytelling and has taught writing and creative communication around the world. When he’s not writing or speaking, you’ll find him trail running, rock climbing, or drinking a dark roast coffee near his home in eastern Tennessee.
Retired forensic psychologist and college professor Richard Helms is the author of eighteen published novels and multiple short stories. His latest title, Paid in Spades, published by Clay Stafford Books, was nominated for a Shamus Award in the “Best Original Private Eye Paperback” category. He has been nominated six times for the SMFS Derringer Award, six times for the PWA Shamus Award, twice for the ITW Thriller Award, and once for the MRI Macavity Award. He is one of only two authors ever to win the Derringer Award in two different categories in the same year–2008, for “The Gospel According to Gordon Black” (Thrilling Detective Website) and “Paper Walls/Glass Houses” (Back Alley Webzine). He also won the 2011 ITW Thriller Award for Best Short Story, for “The Gods for Vengeance Cry“, a Pat Gallegher story that appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2010.