Leslie Wheeler, Nancy Means Wright and Scott Hill
signing copies of Windchill.

Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty, S.A. Daynard and Leslie Wheeler
sign copies of Windchill at the New England Crimebake.

Front row, J.E. Seymour, Judy Green, Stephen Rogers,
Susan Oleksiw, and Mo Walsh. Back row: Nancy Means
Wright, Leslie Wheeler, Scott Hill and S.A. Daynard

Windchill author David Compton
"Now I Slay Me"
David Compton retired to Maine after teaching language in private schools for thirty-four years. Prior to his teaching career, he spent three years in the US Army, most of it in Germany. This experience formed the basis for his first published novel. When he's not writing, he's making kindling and sawdust and keeping his cats amused.
His web site is David-Compton.com

Windchill author John R. Clark, M.ED, MLIS
"Tower Mountain"
John R. Clark is the Library Systems Specialist for the Maine State Library. He has been writing professionally since 1987, starting with newspaper columns on sweepstaking, computer software, and the library world. He was a contributor to Library Services in Mental Health Settings, edited by Mary Johnson (1997), He serves as Internet editor and columnist for Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, a peer-review journal, as well as being a regular contributor to the Maine literary magazine Wolf Moon Press. He and his wife, Dr. Beth Clark, live in Hartland, Maine.
His web site is John R. Clark

Windchill author Susan Oleksiw
"What He Should Have Known"
A co-founder of Level Best Books, Susan is the author of the Mellingham series featuring Chief of Police Joe Silva; the fifth in the series, A Murderous Innocence (Five Star) will be available in 2006. A second series features Hindu-American sleuth and photographer Anita Ray in a number of short stories. Oleksiw reviews for The Drood Review of Mystery. Her nonfiction book, A Reader's Guide to Classic British Mystery, the first in a series of Reader's guides, is considered a classic. A consulting editor for The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, Oleksiw contributed numerous essays.
Her web site is SusanOleksiw.com

Windchill author Kathleen Valentine
"Homemade Pie & Sausage"
Kathleen Valentine is a professional graphic artist and web designer. She has written for national publications such as American Art Review and has authored/co-authored books on Cape Ann artists. Her short story "Asa" was included in Riptide: Crime Stories by New England Writers. She is currently working on a collection of short stories, My Last Romance & Other Passions and is editing her first novel., The Old Mermaid's Tale.
Her blog is KathleenValentine.com , web site is ParlezMoiPress.com.

Windchill author Mark S. Williams
"Imprisoned in Maine"
Mark S. Williams is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He worked as a commercial diver in Aberdeen, Scotland and Gloucester, MA. After working on a Gloucester gill-netter he lobstered alone for almost 20 years, first from his boat F/V Chassea and then from his Novi boat, F/V Black Sheep. He is currently editing his true life adventure F/V Black Sheep and writing a second book based on his experience as a diver.
His web site is F/VBlackSheep.com

Windchill author Skye Alexander
"Midnight at the 11th Hour Cowboy Bar"
Skye Alexander is the author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books. Her first mystery novel, Hidden Agenda, won the Kiss of Death Award for best book of romantic suspense. Her stories have been published in numerous anthologies and she writes regularly for magazines and newspapers. A partner in Level Best Books, she divides her time between Massachusetts and Texas.
Her web site is SkyeAlexander.com.

Windchill author Kate Flora
"Role Model"
Kate Flora is the author of six mysteries and, as Katharine Clark, the suspense novel, Steal Away. A partner in Level Best Books, she has taught writing for the Brown Learning Community, the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, the Cape Cod Writers Conference, and Grub Street. She is a past international president of Sisters in Crime. Her current project is Finding Amy, a true crime story.
Her web site is KateFlora.com.