Anthologies

A story of suspense written serially by thirteen of Florida's most talented writers--including Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen, and Elmore Leonard--features a riot in Coconut Grove, an appearance by Fidel Castro, and other strange happenings

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year. Gary Phillips is the co-editor of the well-received Cocaine Chronicles anthology on criminal behavior and has a short story in the recent Dublin Noir collection called The Man for the Job . He writes a regular column for Mystery Scene magazine and is on the board of the Mystery Writers of America. Visit his website at www.gdphillips.com. Paul Levine is a former trial attorney and the award-winning author of legal thrillers. Solomon vs. Lord was nominated for the Macavity Award and Thurber Prize, and The Deep Blue Alibi was an Edgar award finalist. Levine's latest title is Illegal . Lisa Scottoline is a New York Times best-selling author of more than 13 legal suspense novels, most recently Look Again . A former trial lawyer and judicial law clerk, Scottoline made the switch from law to writing in 1994 with her Edgar Award-nominated Everywhere that Mary Went . John Shannon has worked on a newspaper, in TV, taught in the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa, worked as a technical writer and video producer, and spent much of the 1970s as a political activist in the anti-war movement. Shannon has published the Jack Liffey mystery series about L.A. social history. The 12th book in the series is Palos Verdes Blue . Stuart Woods is the best-selling author of more than 30 novels. His first novel, Chiefs , won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He resides in Key West, Fla; Mount Desert, Maine; and New York City. His most recent book is Loitering with Intent .

16 Thriller writers from all over the world, come together in this collection of Suspense Stories. Award-winning and best-selling authors like Vincent Zandri, Aaron Patterson, Paul Levine, Robin Parrish, Dave Zeltserman, Estevan Vega and more. Forward by award-winning author of VOLT, Alan Heathcock. Dave Zeltserman: Old Wives' Tales Aaron Patterson: The Craigslist Killer Allan Leverone: Faces Bri Clark: Caffe' Seduzione Estevan Vega: Music Box J.R. Chartrand: The Retrieval Rebecca Carey Lyles: The Spirit of Christmas Paul Levine: El Valiente Peter Leavell: Christmas Time K.C. Neal: Pre-IQ Ray Ellis: "I" Mark Maciejewski: The kindly Stop Cafe Robin Parrish: Only One Deborah Provenzale: Deadline Vincent Zandri: Moonlight Mafia Chris White: K: Phantasmagoria

Are you a crime fiction writer? Are you a crime fiction reader? If your answer to either question is yes, you've got to have Writing Crime Fiction, the latest book from the award winning authors of the Top Suspense Group! From Joel Goldman's advice and tips on "going indie" to Vicki Hendricks secrets to sizzling sex scenes, Writing Crime Fiction is the must-have how-to for crime fiction writers and readers. Wondering what it takes to start and finish that first novel? Stephen Gallagher and Ed Gorman tell you how to get it done. Dreaming of turning your crime thriller into a TV series or movie? Let Hollywood veterans Lee Goldberg and Paul Levine show you the way. Dying to ratchet up your book's suspense, whether set in today's world or in years gone by? Libby Hellman and Max Allan Collins will tell you how to make it happen. Ever wonder what the heck "noir" means? Dave Zeltserman has the answer. Wish you could create the perfect amateur sleuth? Naomi Hirahara gives you all the clues you need. Like your thrillers with a dose of zombies? Harry Shannon will show you how to bring them to life. Want to know the secrets to writing more than a hundred thrillers? Bill Crider spills the answers. Writing Crime Fiction has it all! Get it now and get started on your next bestseller! "A quick survey of available how-to-write-a-mystery ebooks suggest most are less than booklength and are written by people you or I have never heard of. This volume, entirely the work of successful professionals, is different. All of its contributors are entertaining or instructive...and most are both. Much of the advice is equally applicable to other types of fiction." Jon Breen, Mystery Scene Magazine