Michael BrackenMichael Bracken (www.CrimeFictionWriter.com) is the Edgar Award and Shamus Award nominated, Derringer-winning author of almost thirteen hundred short stories, including crime fiction published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mytery 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 and editor or co-editor of thirty-two anthologies, including the Anthony Award-nominated The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods and, with Barb Goffman, The Derringer Award-nominated Murder, Neat. He is the 2016 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for lifetime achievement in short mystery fiction, and, in 2024, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his contributions to Texas literature. Read More Read Less