Dawn Brotherton
Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author and featured speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air Force as well as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. Her variety of interests has led to a range of genres including mystery, romance, young adult fantasy, middle grade sports, picture book, and nonfiction.
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Barbara A. Bynum
Judith J. Fowler
Judith J. Fowler lives in Norfolk, VA, and—in addition to her passion for mystery and crime writing—has authored humorous essays, memoir, screenplays, and poetry, for which she has won multiple local awards. She’s currently working on a collection of ironic crime stories she’s labeled “Senior Noir.” Four of Judy’s crime/mystery stories appear in the 2021-2022 anthologies Coastal Crimes, Virginia is for Mysteries III, and Rock, Roll, and Ruin. Her first novel, Lie About Yourself, will be published in 2022. Judy is a member of two North Carolina Sisters in Crime chapters as well as her home chapter of MBTS. Several projects in the works have required that she dip heavily into her research in the field of forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York as well as her years of experience in jail case management in New York City and in several cities in Hampton Roads. Her book on the amusing, unexpected changes retirement brought to her life is looking for a publisher. You can find or message her @Judith Johonnot Fowler on Facebook.
Carrie Hankes
Carrie Hankes (she/her) is a Navy veteran currently working in the Colonial History field. She has a personal essay published in Boy Mom: Collective Tales of Mothers and Sons by Kara Forney and is currently seeking representation for historical mysteries. She lives in Suffolk, VA, with her husband, kids, and pets.
Twitter: @carriehankes
Instagram: @carrie_on_pens_and_neddles
Katrina L. Hastings
Maria Hudgins
Maria Hudgins lives in Hampton, Virginia. For thirty years, she taught high school sciences, including biology, earth science, oceanography, and chemistry. Maria is the author of five travel mysteries set in exotic locations, two ebook mysteries, and short stories in Ellery Queen’s Mystery magazine and Virginia is for Mysteries. Visit Maria on Facebook, Twitter, and www.mariahudgins.com.
Teresa Inge
Teresa Inge is an author in the Mutt Mysteries series, Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Coastal Crimes, and Murder by the Glass. Non-fiction writing includes Virginian-Pilot newspaper articles, corporate articles, and SinC Promophobia.
By day, Teresa is an administrative professional, corporate reporter, and notary administrator. She is the President of the Sisters in Crime, Mystery by the Sea chapter.
When not working or writing, Teresa can found showing her awarding winning 1955 Thunderbird at classic car shows. She resides in Coastal Virginia with her husband and two dogs and can reached on all social media or posting a comment to her website www.teresainge.com
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Sheryl Jordan
Sheryl Jordan is an African-American writer born in Portugal, raised in Minnesota. She has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a focus in Criminal Psychology. She is a member of the Sisters in Crime National Chapter and the SinC Mysteries by the Sea Chapter. Sheryl is the author of Manipulation, Money, and Murder, a standalone fictional novel based on actual events, and short fiction in Coastal Crimes: Mysteries by the Sea (“Mama Saundra’s Shenanigans”) and Virginia is for Mysteries, Volume III (“The Lady Ginger”) anthologies. She is currently working on a new Mutt Series anthology, and a novel about a trucker who always delivers her loads on time while fighting crime on the road. She is also working on her own true-life mystery of losing most of her eyesight for two months.
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Allie Marie
Retired from law enforcement, Allie Marie intended to write police suspense stories in her new spare time. Instead, she began writing mysteries inspired by genealogical research for her American Revolution-era ancestors. All of the books in her True Colors series are set in Olde Towne Portsmouth, as well as the Driver area of Suffolk, Virginia. Her first book, Teardrops of the Innocent: The White Diamond Story, was released in fall 2015 and received second place in the New England Readers’ Choice Awards competition, paranormal category. The second book of the series, Heart of Courage: The Red Ruby Story, was released in May 2016 and is in contention for several awards for the 2017 Indie Romance Convention Readers’ Choice Awards to be announced October 7, 2017. Her third book in the series, Voice of the Just: The Blue Sapphire Story, was released in February 2017, while the fourth book, Hands of the Healer: The Christmas Emerald, is scheduled for release in late fall 2017. You can reach Allie at https://www.facebook.com/Author-Allie-Marie-846744515375049/
Felicia L. Mason
L.W. (Skip) McLamb
Skip McLamb was born and raised in High Point, North Carolina. He earned a BA in Science Education from North Carolina State University, MA in Science Education from the College of William & Mary, and a CAS in Education Administration from Old Dominion University. He has resided in Hampton Roads for over forty years, the last ten in the Ocean View area of Norfolk. Currently retired, Skip worked for four decades in the Virginia Beach Public Schools in a variety of teaching and administrative positions. He was active in a variety of organizations including the Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association, Virginia Wildlife Federation, Virginia Science Teachers Association, Virginia Beach Association of Gifted and Talented, and Lynnhaven River NOW. His interests include camping, hiking, kayaking, fishing, and visiting his children and grandchildren. A writing novice, his previous experience is limited to a handful of education-related articles published in various journals. It is his hope that writing will provide a new avenue to extend his interest in teaching.
Jayne Ormerod
Jayne Ormerod grew up in a small Ohio town then went on to a small-town Ohio college. Upon earning her degree in accountancy, she became a CIA (that’s not a sexy spy thing, but a Certified Internal Auditor.) She married a naval officer and off they sailed to see the world. After nineteen moves, they, along with their two rescue dogs Tiller and Scout, have settled into a cozy cottage by the sea. Jayne is the author of the Blonds at the Beach Mysteries, The Blond Leading the Blond, and Blond Luck. She has contributed eleven short mysteries to various anthologies. Her most recent release is Goin’ Coastal, a collection of two novellas and two short stories that have two things in common; a coastal setting and a gruesome murder. Learn more at her website, www.JayneOrmerod.com, and her blog, www.JayneOrmerod.blogspot.com.
Max Jason Peterson
Max Jason Peterson (they/Mx., maxjasonpeterson.wordpress.com) is a professional member of Sisters in Crime, SFWA, and HWA. With mystery stories in Mystery Weekly Magazine (cover), Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories 2019, and A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes, Max has over 475 stories, poems, art, and articles published all told (under various bylines). A former editor for The Mariners’ Museum, this genderfluid, pan night owl can be found reading comics with cats or shooting b&w film in the noir nightscape.
Michael Rigg
Michael Rigg, a retired Navy Judge Advocate, plies his trade as a mild-mannered civil servant and attorney by day, then morphs into a nascent mystery and thriller writer by night. Mike is a member of Hampton Roads Writers, as well as the Sisters-in-Crime national organization and its Southeastern Virginia Chapter—Mystery by the Sea. He and his wife live in Virginia Beach. Visit him online at http://www.facebook.com/michael.rigg.author.
Yvonne Saxon
Yvonne Saxon lives in Chesapeake, Virginia with her family and the cat. A former English and history teacher, her love of books led her into a high school librarian’s position, then into writing. When she’s not homeschooling her son, she’s writing mysteries and drinking lots of coffee at her local coffee shop. Visit Yvonne on Facebook and Twitter.
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