STEVE BREWER writes books about crooks. His latest crime novel, TROUBLE TOWN, is his 34th published book and the 10th outing for bumbling private eye Bubba Mabry. The heist novel UPSHOT came out in 2020 and COLD CUTS was published in 2018.

He also wrote the humor books TROPHY HUSBAND and RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING, which was expanded and revised in 2020.

His first Bubba book, LONELY STREET, was made into a 2009 comedy starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr and Joe Mantegna. Several of his other novels have been optioned by Hollywood.

Under the pen name Max Austin, Brewer wrote three hard-boiled crime stories set in Albuquerque, NM, aka Duke City. DUKE CITY SPLIT, DUKE CITY HIT and Amazon bestseller DUKE CITY DESPERADO were published in 2014-15 by the Alibi imprint at Penguin Random House.

A former journalist and humor columnist, Brewer taught for many years in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. He and his family own Organic Books in Albuquerque's historic Nob Hill neighborhood.

More at www.stevebrewer.blogspot.com. Write him at abqbrewer@gmail.com.

Called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post, Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York Times-bestselling author of thirty-one novels—including six in Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series—short stories, poetry, and essays.

In addition to his acclaimed series characters, Moe Prager and Gus Murphy, he has written the stand-alone novel Gun Church and collaborated with decorated Irish crime writer Ken Bruen on the novel Tower.

Reed is a four time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories: Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, and Best Short Story. He is a four-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best PI Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie, Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards.

With their kids moved away to far off Brooklyn, Reed, his wife Rosanne, and their cats live in the wilds of Suffolk County on Long Island.

Duane Swierczynski is the New York Times bestselling and two-time Edgar-nominated author of fifteen novels including Expiration Date, Canary and the forthcoming California Bear, as well as the graphic novels Breakneck and Redhead. Along with James Patterson, Duane co-created the Audible Original The Guilty, starring John Lithgow and Bryce Dallas Howard, and co-wrote the private eye thriller Lion & Lamb. He’s also written over 250 comic books including Cable, Deadpool, The Immortal Iron Fist, Punisher, Birds of Prey, Bloodshot, Star Wars: Rogue One and The Black Hood. His first short story collection, Lush & Other Tales of Boozy Mayhem, was recently published by Cimarron Street Books. A native Philadelphian, Duane now lives in Southern California with his family.

Colin Cotterill is the author of the Dr. Siri series of novels. Born in London, he has taught in Australia, the USA and Japan and lived for many years in Laos where he worked for non-governmental social service organizations. He now writes full-time and lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand.