Candace Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years, having studied for a Ph.D. in Medieval & Anglo-Saxon Literature. She divides her time between Seattle and the UK, frequently visiting York to research the series. She is the author of eleven previous Owen Archer mysteries and three Kate Clifford medieval mysteries.

Kelli Stanley is the multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed creator of the Miranda Corbie series (City of Dragons, City of Secrets, City of Ghosts, City of Sharks), noir novels set in 1940 San Francisco and featuring “one of crime’s most arresting heroines” (Library Journal). Kelli has also written an award-winning “Roman Noir” series set in Roman Britain (Nox Dormienda, The Curse-Maker), and has published numerous short stories and essays. A winner of the Macavity, Bruce Alexander, Golden Nugget and Anthony awards, she was also a Shamus and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, while the City and County of San Francisco awarded her a Certificate of Merit for her contributions to literature. She was named a literary heir of Dashiell Hammett by his granddaughter in a Publisher’s Weekly article, and critics have compared her work to her icons Raymond Chandler and Norman Corwin. Kelli was chosen to be the Historical Mystery Guest of Honor for the Bouchercon Mystery Conference in 2024.Her next novel, The Reckoning, is a tense and haunting mystery-thriller set in Humboldt County, CA in 1985—the heart of the “Emerald Triangle” during a fraught and frightening era of unsolved disappearances, serial killers and the intense criminalization of marijuana. The Reckoning is the first of a series featuring protagonist Renata Drake.Kelli holds a Master’s Degree in Classics, and when she’s not reading or writing, loves nature walks, jazz, classic film, travel, and, with her spouse, taking care of their two rescue cats.

Casey Dunn is a mother, author, and small-farm owner based in Southern Oregon. Her critically acclaimed debut thriller, Silence on Cold River, was selected as an Editor’s Pick by Amazon and a book of the month by the Southern Book Review. The audiobook was nominated for the 2023 Audie Awards. Learn more about her at www.CaseyDunnBooks.com

Allison Montclair is the author of the Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries, beginning with The Right Sort of Man, the American Library Association Reading List Council’s Best Mystery of 2019. Under her real name, she has written more mystery novels and a damn good werewolf book, as well as short stories in many genres in magazines and anthologies. She is also an award-winning librettist and lyricist with several musicals to her credit that have been performed or workshopped across the USA. She currently lives in New York City where she also practiced as a criminal defense attorney.

Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu’s sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry.All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including Hold Your Breath, China, have been dramatized in BBC Radio 4 productions.

Nicholas George decided to indulge in his love for mysteries after an extensive career in corporate communications, creating and managing communication programs for a large number of global firms. His Walk Through England Mysteries reflect his passion for country walking, and his Adam and Shawna Parrall Mysteries allow him to utilize his love for music. He lives in Pasadena, California, with his husband Bert.

Paul Doherty has written over 100 books and was awarded the Herodotus Award, for lifelong achievement for excellence in the writing of historical mysteries by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and include the historical mysteries of Brother Athelstan and Hugh Corbett.