Michael Bracken
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Michael Bracken is the Edgar Award-nominated, Shamus Award-nominated, Derringer Award-winning author of more than 1,200 short stories, including crime fiction published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and many other publications. Additionally, Bracken is the editor of Black Cat Mystery Magazine, associate editor of Black Cat Weekly, consulting editor for Level Short (an imprint of Level Best Books), and editor or co-editor of thirty-two published and forthcoming anthologies, including the Anthony Award-nominated The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods. His stories have been translated into several languages, released in audio format, and adapted for animation.
Stacy Woodson
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Stacy Woodson is a two-time Derringer Award-winning author. She made her crime fiction debut in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine’s Department of First Stories and won the 2018 Readers Award—the second time in the award’s history that a debut has taken first place. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies and periodicals and has been adapted for animation. Her story “One Night in 1965” is short-listed for a Thriller Award and was selected for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 which will be published later this year. She also co-edits anthologies with Michael Bracken for Down and Out Books and Level Best Books. She’s a US Army veteran and a member of the Screen Actors Guild. When not writing, she works as background talent for movies and television. Past projects include Showtime’s Homeland, Amazon’s Jack Ryan, AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and Wonder Woman 1984.