CONTRIBUTORS TO THE 101 HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL NOVELISTS

• Lori Avocato—Award-winning and bestselling author of the Pauline Sokol mysteries, including A Dose of Murder; The Stiff and the Dead; One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest; Deep Sea Dead; Nip, Tuck, Dead; and Dead on Arrival
  
  
• Bruce Balfour—Author of Prometheus Road, Jack the Ripper, The Digital Dead, and the national bestseller The Forge of Mars
  
  
• Mary Balogh—New York Times bestselling historical romantic fiction author of the Bedwyn series, including Slightly Married, Slightly Scandalous, and Slightly Wicked and Indiscreet, Unforgiven, and Irresistible
  
  
• Jill Barnett—Golden Choice nominee and New York Times bestselling historical romance and contemporary novelist of critically acclaimed novels such as The Days of Summer, Wicked, Wild, and Wonderful
  
  
• Beverly Barton—New York Times bestselling romantic suspense author of the Protectors series, including Penny Sue Got Lucky, Ramirez’s Woman, Laying His Claim, and Keeping Baby Secret
  
  
• Stephanie Kay Bendel—Author of Making Crime Pay and the critically acclaimed romantic thriller A Scream Away (written under the pen name Andrea Harris) and Ellery Queen contributor
  
  
• Jo Beverly—Winner of five RITA Awards and two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty historical romances, including Lady Beware, Dragon Lovers, and To Rescue a Rogue
  
  
• Jennifer Blake—New York Times bestselling author of Love’s Wild Desire, Guarded Heart, and Rogue’s Salute and recipient of the prestigious Golden Treasure Award for Lifetime Achievement from Romance Writers of America and the Frank Waters Award for Excellence in Fiction
  
  
• Lawrence Block—New York Times bestselling author; Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America; and Edgar Allan Poe, Shamus, and Japanese Maltese Falcon Award–winning novelist of the Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, and Chip Harrison novels, including Eight Million Ways to Die, A Ticket to the Boneyard, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
  
  
• Johnny D. Boggs—Multi-Spur Award–winning novelist of Camp Ford and Western Heritage Wrangler Award–winning novelist of Spark on the Prairie: The Trial of the Kiowa Chiefs and writer of other novels, including The Big Fifty: A Western Story, Northfield, and the Spur-nominated best Western juvenile novel The Hart Brand
  
  
• Rhys Bowen—Romantic Times top pick. Agatha, Anthony, and Herodotus Award–winning author of the Constable Evans mysteries and the Molly Murphy mysteries, including Evans Above, Evan Help Us, Evanly Bodies, Murphy’s Law, and In Dublin’s Fair City
  
  
• Michael Bracken—Derringer Award–winning author of Tequila Sunrise, All White Girls, and Yesterday in Blood and Bone; vice president of the Private Eye Writers of America; and vice president of the Southwest Chapter Mystery Writers of America
  
  
• Rebecca Brandewyne—New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestselling author of The Crystal Rose, The Ninefold Key, The Love Knot, and The Outlaw Hearts. Recipient of the Historical Romance Novelist of the Year Award and the Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Western Romance
  
  
• Patricia Briggs—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of On the Prowl, Blood Bound, and Moon Called. Author of the Mercedes Thompson series and the Anna and Charles series.
  
  
• Suzanne Brockmann—New York Times bestselling author, RITA Award–winning author of the Troubleshooter series about U.S. Navy SEAL Team Sixteen and the Tall, Dark & Dangerous series about SEAL Team Ten, including Into the Storm, Force of Nature, and All Through the Night
  
  
• James M. Cain—Author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Love’s Lovely Counterfeit, and Mildred Pierce. Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America
  
  
• Liz Carlyle—New York Times bestselling author of the Sins, Lies, and Secrets trilogy and other novels of romance, including Never Lie to a Lady, Never Deceive a Duke, and A Woman of Virtue
  
  Cinda Williams—Skyline Writer’s Conference winning author of The Warrior Heir (which was also a BookSense Children’s Pick in summer 2006) and The Wizard Heir
  
  
• Mary Higgins Clark—Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America, past president of the Mystery Writers of America, and worldwide bestselling author of Where Are the Children?, The Cradle Will Fall, A Stranger is Watching, and The Christmas Thief (with Carol Higgins Clark)
  
  
• Barbara D’Amato—Past president of the Mystery Writers of America; past president of Sisters in Crime International; and Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, and Carl Sandburg Award–winning novelist of Authorized Personnel Only, Death of a Thousand Cuts, White Male Infant, and the Chicago Police series
  
  
• Kit Ehrman—Award-winning novelist and Kentucky Literary Award nominee of the Steve Cline mystery series, including critically acclaimed novels such as At Risk, Derby Rotten Scoundrels, and Triple Cross
  
  
• Ed Gaffney—Author of the critically acclaimed legal suspense thrillers Diary of a Serial Killer, Premeditated Murder, Suffering Fools, and Enemy Combatant
  
  Robert Goldsborough—Nero Wolfe Award–winning novelist of the Steve “Snap” Malek mystery novels and the Nero Wolfe novels, including Shadow of the Bomb, Three Strikes You’re Dead, Fade to Black, and Murder in E-Minor
  
  
• Lori Handeland—Romance Writers of America RITA Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author of the Nightcreature novels, including Blue Moon, Dark Moon, Midnight Moon, and Hidden Moon
  
  
• Stephen Harrigan—New York Times bestselling author and Spur, Western Heritage, TCU Texas Award–winning novelist of Aransas, Jacob's Well, The Gates of the Alamo, and Challenger Park
  
  
• Eloisa James—New York Times bestselling romance author of the Essex Sisters, the Duchess Quartet, and the Pleasures Trilogy series, which include bestsellers Much Ado About You, Your Wicked Ways, and Potent Pleasures
  
  
• Sabrina Jeffries—New York Times bestselling author of the Royal Brotherhood, Swanlea Spinster, and Lord Trilogy series, including bestsellers Beware a Scots Revenge, Only a Duke Will Do, A Notorious Love, and The Pirate Lord
  
  
• Joan Johnston—New York Times bestselling author of contemporary and historical romance novels including the Bitter Creek, Captive Heart, and Hawk’s Way series, including The Next Mrs. Blackstone, The Bridegroom, and The Temporary Groom
  
  
• Elmore Leonard—Edgar Allan Poe Award–winning novelist; worldwide bestselling author of Get Shorty, The Big Bounce, Hombre, Be Cool, Mr. Majestic, and The Bounty Hunters; and past president of the Mystery Writers of America
  
  
• William Link—Multi Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody Award–winning author; cocreator of Columbo, Mannix, and the Cosby Mysteries; past president of the Mystery Writers of America; coauthor of Fineman and The Playhouse; and cocreator of the Murder, She Wrote television and novel series
  
  
• Julia London—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Thrillseekers Anonymous, Lockhart Family, and Rogues of Regent Street trilogies, including critically acclaimed books such as The Perils of Pursuing a Prince, The School of Heiresses, The Secret Lover, and Highlander Unbound
  
  
• Peter Lovesey—Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger, Anthony Award–winning, and bestselling novelist of the Sergeant Cribb and Peter Diamond mystery series, including Wobble to Death, Abracadavar, The Last Detective, Bloodhounds, and Upon a Dark Night
  
  
• Kat Martin—New York Times bestselling historical romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary author of Scent of Roses, The Summit, and The Devil’s Necklace and author of the Bride’s Necklace Trilogy
  
  
• John McAleer—Pulitzer Prize nominated and Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes Revere Bowl Award–winning author of the number one bestselling Unit Pride and Coign of Vantage. Past vice president of the Mystery Writers of America and coauthor of the number one bestselling Mystery Writing in a Nutshell
  
  
• Mary Reed McCall—Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Romance Times BOOKreviews 2006 Best Medieval Romance winner, and bestselling novelist of the Templar Knights Trilogy, Sinful Pleasures, Beyond Temptation, The Crimson Lady, and The Templar’s Seduction
  
  Gregory Mcdonald—Multi Edgar Allan Poe Award–winning author of the Fletch and Flynn novels, including Fletch, Confess Fletch, Fletch Too, Flynn, and Flynn’s World;. past president of the Mystery Writers of America; and recipient of the Trophees 813 Best Foreign Novel in 1997 for The Brave
  
  
• Robin Moore—New York Times number one bestselling author of nearly 100 books, including The French Connection, The Green Berets, The Happy Hooker, and The Khaki Mafia
  
  
• James F. Murphy Jr.—Author of They Were Dreamers: A saga of the Irish in North America, Quonsett: A Novel of Terror, The Mill, and Night Watcher; professor of English Literature at Boston College; and contributor to Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul
  
  
• T.M. Murphy—Bestselling author of the young adult Belltown Mystery series, including The Secrets of Belltown, The Secrets of Cranberry Beach, The Secrets of Cain’s Castle, The Secrets of Pilgrim Pond, and The Secrets of Code Z
  
  
• Kris Neri—Derringer Award winner and Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity nominated author of the Tracy Eaton Mysteries, including Revenge of the Gypsy Queen and Dem Bones’ Revenge and author of the standalone suspense novel Never Say Die
  
  
• T.J. Perkins—Award-winning author of the Kim and Kelly mystery series, including Fantasies Are Murder, The Secret in Phantom Forest, Trade Secret, and Image in the Tapestry, and other critically acclaimed novels such as The Fire and the Falcon, Wound Too Tight, Mystery of the Attic, and On Forbidden Ground
  
  
• Carly Phillips—New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and Waldenbooks bestselling author of the Ty and Hunter stories, Costas Sisters, Hot Zone, and Simply series, including Cross My Heart, Summer Lovin’, Hot Item, and Simply Sexy
  
  
• Bill Pronzini—Multi Shamus Award–winning and Edgar Allan Poe Award–nominated author of the Nameless Detective series. Mystery, suspense, and Western author of critically acclaimed novels such as The Stalker, Scattershot, Mourners, and Savages. Past president of the Private Eye Writers of America and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  
• Robert J. Randisi—Author of the Rat Pack and Texas Hold ’em mystery series and the Gamblers old West series. Author of more than forty novels, including The Money Gun; Luck Be a Lady, Don’t Die; Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime; and The Picasso Flop. Cofounder of the Private Eye Writers of America
  
  
• Dusty Richards—Spur Award–winning novelist of The Horse Creek Incident and Oklahoma Writer’s Federation Fiction Book of the Year Award–winning novelist of Abilene Trail, Noble’s Way, The Lawless Land, and Servant of the Law
  
  
• Cynthia Riggs—Sisters in Crime “Most Wanted” author of the Victoria Trumbull mystery series, including Shooting Star, Indian Pipes, Jack in the Pulpit, The Cranefly Orchid Murders, and The Cemetery Yew
  
  
• JoAnn Ross—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and Romantic Times Career Achievement Award–winning author of No Safe Place, Out of the Storm, Confessions, Southern Comfort, the Stewart Sisters and Bad Boys series and the Callahan Brothers Trilogy
  
  
• S.J. Rozan—Shamus, Edgar, Nero, Anthony, and Macavity Award–winning novelist of critically acclaimed novels such as Absent Friends, In This Rain, A Bitter Feast, and China Trade and president of the Private Eye Writers of America
  
  
• Hank Phillippi Ryan—Boston Globe bestselling author of Prime Time and Face Time. Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press, and Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter. Board of directors member of Sisters in Crime and the New England chapter of the Mystery Writers of America
  
  
• R.A. Salvatore—New York Times bestselling author of the Drizzt, the Crimson Shadow, and the Dark Elf Trilogy novels, including Siege of Darkness, The Sword of Bedwyr, Homeland and The Orc King
  
  
• Linda Sandifer—Award-winning author of The Daughters of Luke McCall and Raveled Ends of Sky (A Women of the West Novel), Raveled Ends of Sky, and Firelight. Member of the Western Writers of America
  
  
• Tom Sawyer—Bestselling novelist of the critically acclaimed mystery/thriller The Sixteenth Man and head writer/showrunner of the Emmy Award–winning series, Murder, She Wrote
  
  
• Vicki Stiefel—Daphne du Maurier Award–winning author of the critically acclaimed Tally Whyte suspense novels, including Body Parts, The Grief Shop, The Dead Stone, and The Bone Man
  
  
• Rex Stout—Past president of the Mystery Writers of America and author of the Nero Wolfe, Dol Bonner, and Tecumseh Fox mystery novels
  
  
• Miles Hood Swarthout—Spur Award–winning novelist of The Sergeant’s Lady; screenwriter of John Wayne’s last film, The Shootist; and member of the Western Writers of America
  
  
• William G. Tapply—Award-winning author of the Brady Coyne and Stoney Calhoun mystery and suspense novels, including Out Cold, Past Tense, A Fine Line, Scar Tissue, and Gray Ghost; coauthor of Second Sight (with Philip R. Craig); and contributing editor for Field & Stream
  
  
• Carrie Vaughn—Author of the critically acclaimed, Kitty Takes a Holiday, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, and Kitty and the Silver Bullet
  
  
• Michael Wiecek—Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award winner, Derringer Award–winning author of Exit Strategy, and director with the New England Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America