After serving with the U.S. Army overseas, Albert Ashforth graduated from Brooklyn College and subsequently worked on two New York City newspapers. As a military contractor, he has done tours in Bosnia, Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Afghanistan. He has worked as an instructor at Special Forces headquarters in Bad Tolz and trained officers at the German military academy in Neubiberg. […]
Kira Peikoff is the author of three novels: Living Proof (Tor, 2012), No Time to Die (Kensington, 2014), and Die Again Tomorrow (Kensington, 2015). Since 2012, she has been writing health and science features on a freelance basis for publications including the New York Times, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, and Cosmopolitan.com. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from NYU and
Editor’s Note: This is the second in our series of chats with our top mentees from the 2015 Mentor Program. Top 10 Books I’ve Learned from as a Writer The red warning light came on five miles back in the middle of a rush hour crawl down the New Jersey Parkway. Now every gauge in the car was telling me to
As I look forward to my second year chairing the Mentor Program, I took some time to chat with the authors of our two top manuscripts from last year’s program. Since the Mentor Program is all about writers helping other writers, I thought it might be fun to switch things up a little and discuss how our mentees have learned
New York Times best-selling author M.J. Rose grew up in New York City mostly in the labyrinthine galleries of the Metropolitan Museum, the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park, and reading her mother’s favorite books before she was allowed. Her novel The Collector of Dying Breaths was chosen as an Indie Next Pick, and her latest novel, The Secret
Radha Vatsal‘s debut novel, A Front Page Affair, was published this May by Sourcebooks Landmark. It is the first in the Kitty Weeks mystery series and received a starred review from Library Journal, which also selected the novel as Debut of the Month. Vatsal has a PhD in English from Duke University and lives with her family in New York. What made
Beth Fantaskey lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, three daughters, and a menagerie that includes a dog, cat, hermit crab, immortal goldfish, and semi-tame cardinal named Robert. She is the author of the recently released middle-grade mystery Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter; YA mysteries Buzz Kill and Jekel Loves Hyde; as well as YA romances Jessica’s Guide to Dating on
Jon McGoran is the author of six novels including the Doyle Carrick biotech thrillers Drift, Deadout, and the newest releases, the novel Dust Up, and the novella Down to Zero, all from Tor/Forge. Writing as D. H. Dublin, he is the author of the forensic thrillers Body Trace, Blood Poison, and Freezer Burn. He has written a number of crime, horror and science fiction short stories and novellas, as well as essays on food and agriculture.
Julia Dahl is a journalist specializing in crime and criminal justice. Her first novel, Invisible City, was nominated for an Edgar Award and a Thriller Award, and won the Barry, the Shamus, and the Macavity Awards for Best First Novel. Her second novel, Run You Down, is now out in paperback. She currently writes and reports for CBSNews.com and is
An MWA-NY members since 2015, A.J. Sidransky is a long-time resident of Washington Heights, New York. He travels frequently to the Dominican Republic. His debut novel, Forgiving Maximo Rothman, was selected as a finalist for the Outstanding Debut Novel by National Jewish Book Awards. His second novel, Stealing a Summer’s Afternoon, was selected as a finalist for Best Second Novel by the
