The Lineup

THE LINEUP

Pat Black is the author of Jack-in-the-Box, the latest of his DI Lomond novels. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife and children but was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. 

Michael Canfield has published stories in AHMM, Crimeucopia, The Mammoth Book of Kaiju, and other places. He lives in Las Vegas.

Marcelle Dubé’s stories have been shortlisted for the Derringer Award and the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, which she won in 2021 and 2024 for  Best Crime Short Story. She is the author of the A’lle Chronicles mystery series.

Nick Guthrie is a crime writer based in East Anglia, U.K., and his short fiction has been published in AHMM, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and other magazines and anthologies. Under other writing names, he is the author of more than twenty books.

Kevin Egan’s courthouse thrillers featuring court officer Foxx are available from Open Road Media.

Recent stories by Janice Law can be found in the anthologies Murder Neat and Crimes Against Nature (Down & Out).

“Memorial Day” is R. T. Lawton’s 53rd short story published in AHMM and the 15th in his Holiday Burglars series. 

A former linguistics professor from Scotland, Catriona McPherson immigrated to the US in 2010. She is a former national president of Sisters in Crime. Her newest novel is The Dead Room (Thomas & Mercer, March 2026).

Tony Medawar has edited over 30 anthologies and collections of short stories by Golden Age crime writers, including John Dickson Carr, Christianna Brand, Freeman Wills Crofts, and Anthony Berkeley. He regularly directs for the theater and lives in London with his wife Nicola.

“The Summer of David” is Elaine Menge’s 14th appearance in AHMM. She won the Mystery Writers of America Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats Award for best short story in 2008.

Al Onia lives with his wife on Vancouver Island. His short fiction has appeared in numerous places including Analog, On Spec, and Mystery Weekly. His most recent mystery novel is Have A Nice Trip (Footpeg Press April 2025).

The Bride Must Die, Stephen Ross’s new novel in his Mean City Mysteries series, set in the 1950s, is out from Clan Destine Press.

John Paxton Sheriff is the author of several Western and crime novels, as well as several titles on the craft of writing.

Robert L. Fish Award nominee for Best First Short Story, Gabriela Stiteler is an educator based in Portland, Maine. She co-chairs the New England Crime Bake and is a regular writer for the Maine Crime Writers blog.

This is Hemingway Foundation and Illinois Author Project finalist Floyd Sullivan’s 6th Rick Peters story published in AHMM, and it’s a prequel to the other five.

A former journalist and diplomat, New York City native Persia Walker is the author of Shards of Betrayal (Blood Vintage Press), featuring 1920’s reporter Lanie Price.