Tasha Coryell, who holds an MFA and PhD from the University of Alabama, is the author of the novel Love Letters to a Serial Killer and the story collection Hungry People, and has published stories, essays, and poems a multitude of journals. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and son; in her free time, Tasha can be found running, cross-stitching, and watching copious amounts of television.

Andrew DeYoung is the author of The Temps, a speculative novel about the end of the world, and The Day He Never Came Home. He lives with his wife and children in the Twin Cities.

Toni Halleen worked for many years as an employment law attorney and now runs the law firm Schaefer Halleen; also an avid improviser, she used her stage experience to develop and teach “Think on the Spot” skills to hundreds of professionals. Toni’s debut novel, The Surrogate, was published in 2021; her short fiction has been published in many publications and she has authored an award-winning musical titled Soulless, Bloodsucking Lawyers. A resident of Minneapolis, she holds a B.A. in Women’s Studies from Mount Holyoke College and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

David Housewright is a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction, which includes the modern noir Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie series (starting with A Hard Ticket Home and including the recent novel Man in the Water). Also a winner of the Edgar Award, Housewright is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). He lives in St. Paul.

Rebecca Kanner is a graduate of the St. Paul Civilian Police Academy and a member of Sisters in Crime. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction writing from Washington University in St. Louis and teaches writing at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Her previous novel, Esther, was chosen by Library Journal as one of the best fiction books of the year.

Mindy Mejia is a CPA and a graduate of the Hamline University MFA program. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family, and is the author of Strike Me Down, Everything You Want Me to Be, Leave No Trace, and To Catch a Storm.

Joshua Moehling is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ben Packard series. The first book, And There He Kept Her, was a Barnes & Noble monthly Mystery/Thriller pick and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Mystery. His second novel, Where the Dead Sleep, was described as “a well-paced whodunit” and “devastating” by The New York Times. Joshua lives in Minneapolis.