Miami Noir

About the contributors:

Kevin Allen has been a newspaper reporter, and is currently completing his MFA degree at Florida International University, where he also teaches. He is the fiction editor of Gulf Stream magazine and has lived in Florida since 1982.

Preston Allen, recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, has authored the thriller Hoochie Mama, as well as the Sonja H. Stone Prize — winning collection Churchboys and Other Sinners. He teaches English and creative writing in Miami, where he is presently at work on the Hoochie Mama sequel, While Infants Wailed.

Lynne Barrett, recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Short Story, is the author of The Secret Names of Women and The Land of Go. Her stories have been anthologized in A Dixie Christmas, Mondo Barbie, and Simply the Best Mysteries. She is coeditor of the anthologies Birth: A Literary Companion and The James M. Cain Cookbook, Guide to Home Singing, Physical Fitness and Animals (Especially Cats).

David Beaty graduated from Columbia College and received his MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. His story “Ghosts” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories 2000.

John Bond has written articles and books about poker, real estate, travel, and scuba, and is coauthor of 2005’s Cooke’s Rules of Real Poker. He is a freelance writer, attorney, scuba instructor, boat captain, adjunct professor, realtor, poker player and raconteur, living in Dania Beach, Florida with his wife Jeannie and their two Shi Tzus.

Tom Corcoran is the author of five Alex Rutledge mysteries set in the Keys and South Florida. His most recent novel is Air Dance Iguana.

John Dufresne is the author of three novels, two story collections, and a book on writing fiction. His most recent collection is Johnny Too Bad.

Anthony Dale Gagliano is a personal trainer and part-time English teacher who lives on Miami Beach. He is the author of the novel Straits of Fortune

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera is the author of eight books, the first six of which are in a series featuring Lupe Solano, a Cuban-American private investigator who lives and works in Miami. Garcia-Aguilera, who is a private investigator herself, has been the recipient of many awards, including the Shamus and the Flamingo.

James W. Hall is the author of fourteen novels, including his most recent, Magic City

Vicki Hendricks is the author of the noir novels Miami Purity, Iguana Love, Voluntary Madness, and Sky Blues, as well as many short stories. She lives in Hollywood, Florida, and teaches writing at Broward Community College. Her latest novel of murder and obsession is Cruel Poetry

Christine Kling is the author of the suspense series featuring tugboat captain Seychelle Sullivan. She lives aboard her thirty-three-foot sailboat in Fort Lauderdale.

Paul Levine is the author of Solomon vs. Lord, The Deep Blue Alibi, and the Jake Lassiter series. He is a former trial lawyer and winner of the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award.

Barbara Parker, best known for her Suspicion of... series set in Miami, left her legal practice to become a writer. With an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University, she has written twelve novels. Parker lives near the beach in Lauderdale by the Sea.

Les Standiford is the author of ten novels, including the John Deal series, and two works of nonfiction, including Meet You in Hell He wrote a chapter of Naked Came the Manatee, and edited The Putt at the End of the World, a collective novel of golf.

George Tucker grew up in the Ozarks of Arkansas, where he hunted for arrowheads in creek beds and cow fields. He received his MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. He is currently at work on his second novel.

Jeffrey Wehr lives and works in South Florida. He is currently working on his first novel.