Alice B. Reading Event Flyer

Author Bios for Alice B. Readers Award Winner Reading (July 25th, 2-3:30) :

Ellen Hart (attending virtually) – Ellen Hart is the author of over thirty crime novels in two different series. She is a six-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, a three-time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award in several categories, a recipient of the Alice B Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005. In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. In 2016, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. 2005 Winner of an Alice B. Readers Award. http://www.ellenhart.com/

Jessie Chandler – Jessie Chandler is the author of nine novels, including the humorously suspenseful Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series, the thriller Quest of Redemption and a new romance, Despite Herself. Her crime fiction has garnered a Lambda Literary finalist nod, three Golden Crown Literary Awards, three USA Book Awards, and an Independent Publisher Book Award. 2020 Winner of an Alice B. Readers Award. https://www.jessiechandler.com/about/

Catherine Friend – Catherine Friend writes adult nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books. The Compassionate Carnivore won the Minnesota Book Award in General Nonfiction. Her memoir, Hit by a Farm, was selected by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as one of the best books of 2006. Her children’s picture book, The Perfect Nest, was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of five best “read alouds,” and was nominated for numerous state reading awards. She was awarded a Loft/McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, and her adult adventure novels have won awards from the Golden Crown Literary Society and the Independent Book Publishers Association. 2010 Winner of an Alice B. Readers Award. https://catherinefriend.com/about/

Catherine Lundoff – Catherine Lundoff is a two-time Goldie Award-winning writer, editor and publisher from Minneapolis. She writes fantasy horror, erotica, mysteries and more and her books include Silver Moon, Blood Moon, Out of This World and Unfinished Business and, as editor, Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space). Her short stories and essays have appeared in such venues as New Edge Sword & Sorcery, Nightmare Magazine and several World of Darkness anthologies and games. She is also the publisher at Queen of Swords Press. 2025 Winner of an Alice B. Readers Award. Website: www.catherinelundoff.net