FMAM'S SLESAR'S TWIST JUDGES
FOR 2003!
babs lakey - author, screenwriter, publisher,
Babs wears many hats. As the publisher of FMAM she has taken it upon
herself to actively promote and support the creative in those artists
and writers who dare to have the "fire to fly." Apollo's Lyre is an online ezine loaded with writing
articles, author profiles, book announcements, etc... for writers
of every caliber and genre.
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BETH ANDERSON - Chicago area resident Beth Anderson is the
author of six published novels, among them one romance, two mainstream
novels, and three thrillers. Two of her books have been nominated
for the prestigious International Frankfurt Award. Two were EPPIE
finalists. Her bestselling 2003 release, SECOND GENERATION, has won
the 2003 Bloody Dagger Award, the 2003 Rendezvous Magazine Rosebud
Award, and the 2003 FMAM (Futures Magazine) Fire to Fly Award. Beth,
an accomplished speaker, has lectured on writing at many writers'
conferences, Moraine Valley College, and Purdue University. She has
been featured on the ABC Evening News and Chicago WGN's Cathy and
Judy Show, as well as many other local and cable television shows.
Beth lives in a Chicago suburb with her husband, Stan, where they
are ruled by three unruly cats. She is currently at work on her seventh
novel, THE SCOUTMASTER'S WIFE -- another thriller, this time
taking place in the haunting fishing village of Valdez, Alaska, where
she recently spent three months researching her novel.
Website and purchasing information at http://www.bethanderson-hotclue.com
MURDER ONLINE is available at: http://amberquill.com/MurderOnline.html
or http://www.amazon.com/
EARL STAGGS - After spending most of their lives in Maryland,
Earl and his bride of thirty-three years decided they'd had enough
cold winters for one lifetime and moved south. After three years in
Florida, they settled in Fort Worth, Texas, where Earl writes mystery,
crime and humor stories. His work has appeared in Cozy Detective,
Mysterical-e, Blue Murder, Without a Clue, and other print and online
publications.
Like so many others, Earl dreamed of being a fiction writer as far
back as he can remember. During the early years, however, that dream
was pushed aside by other pressing distractions. Making a living,
raising children, paying the mortgage, the usual.
But the dream of writing was always there in the margin, nagging,
and in 1995, he decided to devote serious time to writing. Since then,
he has completed one mystery novel, has another in the works, and
continues to write short stories.
LIBBY FISCHER HELLMANN, award-winning author of the Chicago-based
Ellie Foreman mysteries: AN EYE FOR MURDER (nominated for an Anthony),
A PICTURE OF GUILT, and the most recent entry, AN IMAGE OF DEATH.
Don't miss her new stories, "Common Sense" in Blondes in
Trouble, and "A Berlin Story" in MWA's Show Business is
Murder.
SARAH GLENN has a B.S. in Journalism, a term she considers
redundant. She wanted to grow up to be Kolchak, but would settle for
Scully. She has edited two Pagan newsletters (The Trellis and Rainbow
Wind) and has had several stories published in the mystery/horror
genre. More importantly, she is a lifelong reader and loves a good
story.
DALE STOYER is a reader, writer and reviewer holed up in Buffalo,
NY. He has published dozens of articles in the computer industry press
and is a longtime contributor to The Thrilling Detective website and
member of SMFS.
CHRIS SPEAKMAN speakpc@mountaincable.net
Writer, Proofreader, FMAM reader, Lifetime reader, and mother of future
FMAM reader! - Chris lives in Canada.
BRET WRIGHT lives in Colorado where he writes both fiction
and non-fiction stories. His work has appeared in InformArt Magazine,
Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, EOTU, Grit, and a host of others.
He is co-publisher of Apollo's Lyre Ezine, the 'zine for writers,
by writers. You may reach him at www.apolloslyre.com
where you'll see an interview he did of babs!
APRIL MAY ROLLINS amrollins69@netzero.net,
writer from New Hampshire with a new book contract! Watch for April's
book, titled, The Mardu Project.
CHRIS FREEBURN is the author of Parental Source and Generation
Without Souls, the first two books in The CCD Series, police procedurals
that also focus on the social elements of law enforcement and crime.
She is a former JAG Army specialist and spent many years as a paralegal
in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She also attended the Citizen Police
Academy of Prince William County, Virginia as part of her research
for her first series. Her new novel scheduled to be released May 2004
by Quiet Storm Publishing introduces a new series. Dying for Redemption,
introduces Callous Demar a PI who proves that sometimes the best detective
to solve a murder ...is a dead one. www.chrisfreeburn.com
TIM WOHLFORTH is a 2003 Pushcart Prize Nominee. He has received
a Certificate of Excellence from the Dana Literary Society. Wohlforth
has had thirty-nine short stories accepted for publication. These
have appeared in Futures Magazine, Detective Mystery Magazine, Crimestalker
Casebook, Storyteller, Orchard Press, Hand Held Crime, Plots With
Guns, Mysterical-e, Hardluck Stories, Without A Clue, SDO Detective,
StoryOne, Dana On Line, and Writers Hood.
His writings also appear in seven anthologies, including Cyber Pulp's
Down These Dark Streets and Down These Dark Streets After Hours, Michael
Bracken's Fedora, Hardbroiled and Small Crimes, as well as Babs Lakey's
Dime. Cyber Pulp Is publishing another story as part of its new Dollar
Chapbook series.
He moderated the short story panel at LCC Portland and appeared on
short story panels at LCC Pasadena, Bouchercon D.C. and Las Vegas.
He will moderate the short story panel at LCC Monterey. He is a member
of The Short Mystery Fiction Society, Mystery Writers of America,
Private Eye Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.
A contemporary noir novel, No Time To Mourn, was published by Quiet
Storm in March 2004. He co-authored the non-fiction book, On The Edge:
Political Cults Right and Left.
"Wohlforth is always worth the time." -- James R. Winter.
Review of Hardbroiled featured in Thrilling Detective (March, 2003.)
"And then there's my favorite, Tim Wohlforth's tale-spinning
about a wheelchair-bound detective 'Crip', who takes his new job protecting
puppies very, very seriously. I like Crip's style and hope to see
him again some day, but only Mr. Wohlforth has the answer to that
question." -- a review in EBook Reviews Weekly by Jeanette Cottrell
of Thomas Deja's "Down These Dark Streets" anthology.
Tim Wohlforth's website features complete information on his writing,
both fiction and non-fiction, as well as free downloads. www.timwohlforth.com.
KEVIN TIPPLE - Kevin's short story fiction has appeared in
such magazines as Lost Worlds, Lynx Eye, Show and Tell, and Starblade
among others. He is a book reviewer for the Blue Iris Journal (www.blueirisjournal.com)
and is owner of ReviewersChoice listed in Yahoo Groups. Kevin collects
rejection letters in his spare time.
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