Miami Noir (33 page)

C
HRISTINE
K
LING
is the author of the suspense series featuring tugboat captain Seychelle Sullivan. She lives aboard her thirty-three-foot sailboat in Fort Lauderdale.

P
AUL
L
EVINE
is the author of
Solomon vs. Lord, The Deep Blue Alibi,
and the Jake Lassiter series. He is a former trial lawyer and winner of the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award.

B
ARBARA
P
ARKER
, best known for her
Suspicion of…
series set in Miami, left her legal practice to become a writer. With an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University, she has written twelve novels. Parker lives near the beach in Lauderdale by the Sea.

L
ES
S
TANDIFORD
is the author of ten novels, including the John Deal series, and two works of nonfiction, including
Meet You in Hell
He wrote a chapter of
Naked Came the Manatee,
and edited
The Putt at the End of the World,
a collective novel of golf.

G
EORGE
T
UCKER
grew up in the Ozarks of Arkansas, where he hunted for arrowheads in creek beds and cow fields. He received his MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. He is currently at work on his second novel.

J
EFFREY
W
EHR
lives and works in South Florida. He is currently working on his first novel.

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