Gaithersburg Book Festival (2018) -- Alan Orloff, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Donna Andrews, John Betancourt, E.A. Aymar:
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Mystery/Thriller
Crime Fiction Collectives
Join the creators, editors and contributors of some of crime fiction's best-loved and most awarded anthologies in a lively discussion about the state and future of short stories and anthologies.
Alan Orloff
Alan Orloff’s debut mystery, “Diamonds for the Dead,” was an Agatha Award finalist, and his most recent novel is “Pray for the Innocent.” His short fiction has appeared in Jewish Noir, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Noir at the Salad Bar, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, The Night of the Flood, Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers and Felonies, and Mystery Most Geographical. His story, “Rule Number One” (SNOWBOUND), was selected for “The Best American Mystery Stories” 2018 anthology, edited by Louise Penny.
Alan lives in Northern Virginia and teaches fiction-writing at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Md. He loves cake and arugula, but not together.
Shawn Reilly Simmons
Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of “The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries,” featuring Penelope Sutherland, an on-set movie caterer, inspired by Shawn’s own experiences cooking for the rich and famous. She also authored several short stories appearing in various anthologies. Her most recent, “Burnt Orange,” appears in “Passport to Murder: The 2017 Bouchercon Anthology,” and “The Prodigy” appears in “Mystery Tour,” the Crime Writers’ Association Anthology. Shawn is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers’ Association in the U.K., and the International Thriller Writers. She is also an editor at Level Best Books, publishers of award-winning mystery anthologies. When she’s not writing or editing, Shawn is cooking, reading, drinking wine or running. She lives in Frederick, Md., with her husband, son and English bulldog.
Donna Andrews
Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Va., and now lives in Reston, Va. “Gone Gull” and “How the Finch Stole Christmas” are the 21st and 22nd books in her Agatha, Anthony and Lefty-winning Meg Langslow series, to be followed in 2018 by “Toucan Keep a Secret” and “Lark, the Herald Angels Sing.” She currently serves as the executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America and is active in Sisters in Crime. She blogs with the Femmes Fatales.
John Betancourt
John Gregory Betancourt is a best-selling science fiction author, an award-winning mystery author, and the publisher of Wildside Press, a leading independent book publisher in Maryland.
E.A. Aymar
E.A. Aymar is the co-editor of, and a contributor to, “The Night of the Flood” (Down and Out, 2018). He also writes a monthly column for the Washington Independent Review of Books, and is the managing editor of The Thrill Begins (for the International Thriller Writers). His short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a number of top crime fiction publications. E.A. is also involved in a collaboration with DJ Alkimist, a N.Y.- and D.C.-based DJ, where his stories are set to her music. He lives outside of Washington, D.C.
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