Leslie Meier is the acclaimed author of over twenty-five Lucy Stone Mysteries. She has also written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and like her series protagonist, Lucy Stone, she worked as a New England newspaper reporter while raising her three children. She is currently at work on the next Lucy Stone mystery and can be found online at LeslieMeierBooks.com. Lee Hollis , the pen name for Rick Copp, is the author of the Desert Flowers Mysteries and the Maya and Sandra Mystery Series. He is also the co-author of the Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mysteries with his sister, Holly Simason. A veteran Hollywood screenwriter, he is the co-writer of The Brady Bunch Movie and has written for numerous television series, including The Golden Girls, Wings,Scooby-Doo, Teen Titans, and Barbershop. He also produces, writes, and stars in the hit web series Where the Bears Are.

He lives in Palm Springs, California and can be found online at LeeHollisMysteries.com. Barbara Ross is the award-winning author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her first and fourth Maine Clambake Mysteries, Clammed Up and Fogged Inn, were Agatha Award-finalists and the sixth installment, Stowed Away, won the 2019 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She is co-editor/co-publisher of Level Best Books, which produces anthologies of crime stories by New England authors. She lives with her husband in Portland, Maine and can be found online at MaineClambakeMysteries.com.