RECOMMENDED AUTHORS

• Keith Ablow - Author of "Murder/Suicide."
• Steve Alten - Author of "The Loch."
• C. Dean Andersson - Author of the Bloodsong Saga.
• Jeffrey Scott Anderson - Author of "Sleeper Cell."
• Michael A. Arnzen - Author of "Grave Markings" and newsletter guru.
• Alan Ayers - Cover artist of "Whiskey Sour."
• Noreen Ayres - Author of "The Juan Doe Murders."
• Raymond Benson - Author of "Face Blind."
• Lawrence Block -Author of "Small Town."
• Jack Bludis - Author of the Brian Kane mysteries.
• Jay Bonansinga - Author of "Frozen."
• James O. Born - Author of "Shock Wave."
• Mark Bouton - Author of "Max Conquers the Cosmos."
• Lucinda Brant - Author of "A Deadly Engagement."
• Bill Breedlove - Author of "Most Curious."
• Tim Broderick - Author of "Something to Build Upon," a graphic novel that I wrote the foreword for.
• Luisa Buehler - Author of "The Rosary Bride."
• Darren Callahan - Author of the Audrey Green Chronicles.
• Austin S. Camacho - Author of the Hannibal Jones mysteries.
• Andrea Campbell - Author of "Making Crime Pay."
• Jeanne Cavelos - Author and editor of The Many Faces of Van Helsing, which features my story The Screaming.
• Leonard Chang - Author of "Fade to Clear."
• George C. Chesbro - Creator of the Mongo series.
• Lee Child - Author of the Jack Reacher series.
• Tim Cockey - Author of the Hitchcock Sewell series.
• Max Allan Collins - Author of "Road to Purgatory."
• Michael Connelly - A great writer, creator of the Harry Bosch PI series.
• Ronald Cree - Author of "Desert Blood."
• Blake Crouch - Author of "Desert Places."
• Doug Cummings - Author of "Deader By the Lake."
• Chuck Dawson - Author of "The Missing Link."
• Scarlett Dean - Author of "Unfinished Business."
• Jeffrey Deaver - Author of the Lincoln Rhyme series.
• Sean Doolittle -
Author of "Burn."
• Barry Eisler - Author of the John Rain series.
• David Ellis - Author of "Jury of One."
• Elliott - Author of "Mesphisto Seed."
• L.R. Farley - Author of "Thrips."
• Gemma Files - Author of "Kissing Carrion."
• Bill Fitzhugh - Author of "Radio Activity."
• Julia Spencer-Fleming - Author of the Millers Kill series.
• Anne Frasier - Author of "Hush"
• William D. Gagliani - Author of "Wolf's Trap."
• Eric Garcia - Author of the very funny "Hot and Sweaty Rex."
• Tess Gerritsen - Author of "The Sinner."
• Victor Gischler - Author of "Pistol Poets."
• Lee Goldberg - Author of "My Gun Has Bullets."
• Paul Guyot - TV writer.
• Jim Hansen - Author of "Night Laws."
• Brian Harper - Author of "Mortal Pursuit."
• Melanie Lynne Hauser - Author of "Confessions of Super Mom."
• Rick Hautala - aka A.J. Matthews. Author of "The Mountain King."
• Jeremiah Healy - Author of the John Francis Cuddy PI series.
• Libby Hellmann - Author of the Ellie Foreman series.
• Dick Hill - The voice performer on my audiobooks.
• Vicki Hinze - Author of "Lady Justice."
• Kay Hooper - Author of "Hunting Fear."
• Harry Hunsicker - Author of "Still River."
• Gregg Hurwitz - Author of "The Program."
• Marcy Italiano - Author of "Pain Machine."
• Teri Jacobs - Author of "The Void."
• Tina Jens - Author of "The Blues Ain't Nothin."
• Rob Kantner - Author of "Trouble is What I Do," a collection of short stories that I wrote the foreword for.
• Nick Kaufmann - Author of "Walk in Shadows."
• Alex Kava - Author of "One False Move."
• Jack Kerley - Author of "The Death Collectors."
• Jack Ketchum - Author of "Peaceable Kingdom."
• E.E. Knight - Author of the Vampire Earth series.
• William Kent Krueger - Author of the Cork O'Connor series.
• Pat Lambe - Author of "Carlisle's Marker."
• Joe R. Lansdale - Author of the Hap and Leonard series.
• Edward Lee - Author of "Infernal Angel."
• Robert Liparulo - Author of "Comes a Horseman."
• M. Stephen Lukac - Author of "Oogie Boogie Central."
• Gayle Lynds - Author of "The Coil."
• Lisa Mannetti - Dark fiction author.
• Jason J. Marchi - Author of "The Island People."
• Graham Masterson - Author of "A Terrible Beauty."
• Nick Matamas - Author of "Northern Gothic."
• Ed McBain - Author of the 87th Precinct series.
• Alaric McDermott - Historical fiction author.
• Mark McLaughlin - Author and editor of "The Urbanite."
• Mike MacLean - Mystery author.
• Laurence MacNaughton - Author of "Conspiracy of Angels."
• Linda Mickey - Author of "Greased Wheels."
• MaryAnn Miller - Author of "Doubletake."
• Simon Morden - Author of "Heart."
• David Morrell - Author of "Creepers."
• Bob Morris - Author of "Bahamarama."
• Pat Mullan - Author of "Circle of Sodom."
• Warren B. Murphy - Author of the Remo Williams series.
• Deborah Nicholson - Author of the Kate Carpenter series.
• Scott Nicholson - Author of "The Red Church" and "The Harvest."
• Larry Oliver - Dark fiction author.
• Weston Ochse - Author of "Catfish Gods."
• Monica J. O'Rourke - Hardcore horror author.
• Brian Pacula - Author
• Robert B. Parker - MWA Grandmaster, author of the Spenser PI series.
• Ridley Pearson - Author of :Cut and Run."
• Garrett Peck - Dark fiction writer, editor, reviewer.
• Adam Pepper - Author of "Memoria."
• Tony Perona - Author of "The Second Advent."
• R.W. Perry - Author of the Kelly McCabe mysteries.
• Nikki M. Pill - Author of "Singing, And Then."
• Terri Pine - Author of "Chill."
• Brian Pinkerton - Author of "Abducted."
• Michael Prescott - Author of "In Dark Places."
• Mary Reed - Author of the John the Eunuch series with Eric Mayer.
• Carla René - Writer, actor, musician.
• Randy Richardson - Author of "Lost in the Ivy."
• Judi Rohrig - Author and editor of Hellnotes.
• James Rollins - Author of "Map of Bones."
• M.J. Rose - Author of "The Halo Effect."
• Greg Rucka - Author of "A Gentlemen's Game."
• William Scheinman - Author of "White Light."
• E.G. Schrader - Author of "For the Defendant."
• Harry Shannon - Author of "Night of the Beast."
• Jeff Shelby - Author of "Killer Swell."
• E. Joan Sims - Author of the Paisley Sterling series.
• Karin Slaughter - Author of "A Faint Cold Fear."
• Bob Sloan - Author of "Bearskin to Holy Fork."
• Julie Smith - Author of the Skip Langdon series.
• Robert W. Smith - Author of the Frank Doherty series.
• Jeff Strand - Author of "Mandibles."
• Pari Noskin Taichert - Author of "The Clovis Incident."
• Karen E. Taylor - Author of the Vampire Legacy series.
• Huw Lyan Thomas - Author of "Sensecast."
• Peter J. Thompson - Author of "Living Proof."
• Louise Ure - Author of "Forcing Amaryllis."
• Arelene Uslander - Author of "The Simple Touch of Fate."
• Andrew Vachss - Author of the "Down Here."
• Ellis Vidler - Author of "Haunting Refrain."
• Bev Vincent - Author of "The Road to the Dark Tower."
• Robert W. Walker - Author of "City for Ransom."
• John Weagly - Author of "Wrestling Rings and Other Things."
• Richard Wells - Author of the Alex Thicke mysteries.
• Donald Westlake - Aka Richard Stark. Creator of the Parker and Dortmunder series.
• Jan Whitford - Author of "Mystic Island."
• F. Paul Wilson - Author of the Repairman Jack series.
• David Wiltse - Author of the John Becker series, some the best thrillers ever written.
• Brian Wiprud - Author of "Pipsqueak."
• Simon Wood - Author of "We All Fall Down."
• Rita Woods - Author of "The Color of Clouds."
• Maria Zannini - Author & Artist

COOL SITES

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing - My blog

Absolute Write - A forum for writers, newbie and pro.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - Legendary mag, who recently bought my crime story The Agreement.

Book Page - Huge review site.

Book Sense - Find Whiskey Sour at an independent bookstore near you!

Book Slut - Another great review site.

Books N Bytes - Huge site for book reviews, author info, and information about many genres.

Brilliance Audio - The nation's largest independent audiobook publisher, and the group publishing my Jack Daniels series.

Buried.com - A very cool horror review site, packed with reviews and interviews, including a talk with yours truly.

Cemetery Dance Magazine - A great horror magazine, the most respected in the business, and publisher of my story Forgiveness in the March 2004 issue.

Chicago Writes - A great Midwest writers association.

Cluelass - Large mystery site, publisher of the Deadly Directory.

Crime Spree Magazine - Great new mystery mag. Issue #1 features an article by me and #7 has my story Light Drizzle.

Dystel and Goderich - My amazing literary agents.

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - The world's Number 1 mystery mag, and publisher of my Jack Daniels story On the Rocks in the July 2004, Street Music in the August 2004 issue, and With a Twist in the December 2005 issue. Suffer will come out in 2006.

Eternal Night - A great fiction website based in the UK.

Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine - Long running genre fiction mag, which printed my Harry McGlade novella Whelp Wanted in the Winter 2004 issue.

The Gumshoe Site - All private eyes, all the time.

Hardluck Stories - Cool mystery site.

Hellnotes - This is THE newsletter for dark fiction fans and writers.

Horror Express - UK horror magazine, publisher of my wicked little story Basket Case Winter 2004.

Horror Garage Magazine - A terrific magazine run by Rich Black. He's publishing my story, Finicky Eater in Issue #7 in June 2003.

Horror Writers of America - A great association for writers of dark fiction, with a wealth of helpful information.

Hyperion Books - Publisher of Whiskey Sour and the next two titles in the Lt. Jacqueline Daniels series.

International Thriller Writers - An association of--you guessed it--thriller writers. New, hip, and doing some very cool stuff.

January Magazine - Book review site.

Linear Reflections - Review site.

Love is Murder - Coming in February 2006.

Mystery News - Mystery reviews.

The Mystery Reader - A terrific site for mystery fans.

Mystery-Related Newsletters - A great source for author freebies by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer.

Mystery Scene - Deservedly popular mystery review magazine.

Mystery Writers of America - A must-join organization for genre writers, and bestower of the coveted Edgar Award.

Mystery Writers of America Midwest - My local chapter of the MWA.

New Mystery Reader - Review site.

Noir Originals - Mystery site run by author Allan Guthrie.

Opus Graphics - Fast, affordable, and highly recommended web design.

Over My Dead Body - Mystery site.

Overbooked - Mystery site.

Protect - A political lobby for child protection law. Join it. I did.

Ralan.com - One of the best writing resources on the web, with a huge amount of important information.

Reviewing The Evidence - Mystery review website.

Shotsmag - UK mystery webzine.

Sisters in Crime - Large mystery writers organization, with much helpful information.

Sisters in Crime Chicago - My local chapter of SinC.

Stop You're Killing Me - Mystery site.