Charles Ardai, author and publisher of the HARD CASE CRIME line of books, winner of the Private Eye Writers of America’s Shamus Award for his novel, SONGS OF INNOCENCE (written under his pseudonym “Richard Aleas") and of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for best short story.
Joseph Guglielmelli, author and former-owner of the Black Orchid Bookshop, he won a special award from Mystery Writers of America this year for his first published short story, “Buckner’s Error” in the anthology QUEENS NOIR.
Russell Atwood is a former managing editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and currently works as a paralegal and freelancer writer. His first
novel EAST OF A (1999) introduced the character of East Village private investigator Payton Sherwood. He lives in New York City.