Margaret Agnew is a senior courthouse clerk in St. Louis, Missouri. A graduate of Ripon College and Indiana University, she has been a mystery fan and an avid reader from an early age. She was also a reviewer for Mystery Scene Magazine.
Robin Agnew owned & operated Aunt Agatha’s Bookshop with her husband, Jamie, for 26 years. The store won the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2014. She reviewed for Mystery Scene for many years, writing the Very Original Cozy column, and she is now writing a column for Deadly Pleasures. She also maintains and writes reviews for auntagathas.com.
Cathy Akers-Jordan is a writing instructor at the University of Michigan-Flint where she teaches composition, business communications, and technical writing. She also works with independent study students who are writing fantasy and science-fiction. Her current works-in-progress are crime fiction.
Vicki Kondelik is a cataloger at the University of Michigan’s Graduate Library, and edits their book review blog, Lost in the Stacks. She writes book reviews for the Historical Novel Society, and is currently writing a historical novel. She has been an avid mystery reader for a long time.
Carla Schantz is a Courthouse Clerk Supervisor and has a bachelor’s degree in English as well as a master’s in legal studies. Books have been a passion of hers since she was young, and she is a firm believer in the purse book so that she is never without a book at any time.