2024 Faculty: G through L
Ronald Gerber
Ronald Gerber has been a literary agent at Lowenstein Associates since 2019. Recent titles from his clients include OLIVE BLACKWOOD TAKES ACTION! by Sonja Thomas (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2024) and FIRST TO THE FRONT by Lorissa Rinehart (St. Martin’s Press, 2023). Ronald is always on the lookout for cinematic stories with strong hooks and relatable characters. He lives in Queens, New York.
Bill Gormley
Bill Gormley is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University. His former students include a big city mayor, a poet, the head of the Medicaid program, and the FBI’s chief environmental officer. His first mystery, Too Many Bridges, set in Pittsburgh, will be published by Level Best this summer.
Heywood Gould
Heywood Gould is the author of thirteen novels, including Cocktail, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Double Bang and Drafted. Nine screenplays, Cocktail, Fort Apache, the Bronx, Boys From Brazil, Rolling Thunder. His directorial features include One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton, Trial By Jury with William Hurt, Mistrial starring Bill Pullman, Double Bang with William Baldwin. Read more about Heywood at www.heywoodgould.com and www.tolmitchpress.com.
Marni Graff
Marni Graff is the multi-award-winning author of the The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries and The Nora Tierney English Mysteries, with short stories in anthologies that include the Anthony Award-winner Murder Most Edible. Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press, Graff is a crime book reviewer, blogs for Miss Demeanors, and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mavens of Mayhem SinC, Triangle SinC, Mystery People UK, the NC Writers Network, and the International Association of Crime Writers. For seven years she worked as a medical consultant for a NY movie studio.
Stacey Graham
Stacey Graham loves working with writers at all stages of their careers, representing talented authors and illustrators from around the globe in picture books, middle grade, romance, graphic novels, thrillers, and nonfiction. She is currently looking to add to her list with projects in: romance, mystery, spooky fiction, YA, and graphic novels.
Angela Greenman
Angela Greenman’s career as a communications professional has included the International Atomic Energy Agency, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Chicago’s civil rights department. Her debut book, The Child Riddler, was a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Winner last year for Best Action Adventure. https://www.angelagreenman.com/
Mark Hannon
Mark Hannon is the author of three novels, Every Man for Himself, The Vultures (a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award) and Dunleavy (a finalist for the Claymore Award). He has also written a history, The Fire Laddies, about firefighting in the early twentieth century. A retired firefighter, he and his family live in Baltimore.
Bradley Harper
Bradley Harper MD is a retired US Army pathologist with real-world forensic exeprience. His writing credits include his debut novel, A Knife in the Fog, an Edgar’s Finalist, Silver Falchion winner, and Recommended Read by the Doyle estate. His sequel, Queen’s Gambit, was a 2020 Silver Falchion winner for Best Suspense and Book of the Year. Knife is currently being pitched in the UK and Hollywood for a possible adaptation. https://www.BHarperAuthor.com
M Hendrix
M Hendrix is the Pushcart-Prize nominated author of The Chaperone, which earned a Booklist starred review and was a Parnassus bestseller. M holds an M.A. from Miami University and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She now makes her home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Learn more at mhendrixwrites.com
Christine Husom
Christine Husom is a best-selling author from Minnesota. She served with the Wright County Sheriff and trained with the St. Paul MN Police Department where she gained firsthand experience. She pens the suspenseful police procedural Winnebago County Mysteries, and the cozy, but not too cozy, Snow Globe Shop Mysteries where bad guys demonstrate not everyone is “Minnesota Nice.” Her latest titles are Deputy #714 Is Down and Cold Way To Go. www.christinehusom.com.
Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes
Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes is an editor, author, speaker, podcaster, and educational consultant. She’s a member of Word Weavers International and serves as an online chapter president and mentor. She belongs to FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). She serves on the nonprofit organization Submersion 14 board and the 540 Writer’s Community board and is an art instructor for the nonprofit organization Light for the Future in Guatemala. Katherine hosts the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality. She contributes regularly to several magazines, blogs, and newsletters. She authored a Bible study for women, a collaborative anthology of devotions, and is currently working on the sequels of her first general market thriller novel. Her thriller A Fifth of the Story debuted in February 2024 through Endgame Press.
Elle Jauffret
Elle Jauffret is a French-born American lawyer, writer, and former criminal attorney for the California Attorney General's Office. She is a graduate of Université Côte d’Azur Law School (France) and the George Washington University School of Law (USA). She writes speculative short stories, mystery novels, and thrillers. https://ellejauffret.com
Sierra Kay
Sierra Kay combines her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, master’s degree in Writing, and certificates in E-Business Strategy and Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence with her professional achievements for consulting and speaking engagements across various industries. She is a member of Sisters of Crime, Chicago Writer’s Association and the Independent Book Publishers Association. https://www.vegaunleashed.com/
Kathlyn J. Kirkwood
Kathlyn J. Kirkwood's debut, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round, is an illustrated memoir-in-verse that tells the story of her involvement in the civil rights movement and struggle to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a federal holiday. Kathlyn is also CEO and President of Better B LLC, a nonprofit literacy organization focused on Nashville’s youth.
Ellen Kirschman
Ellen Kirschman is an award-winning police psychologist. She is the author of three non-fiction books plus the semi-autobiographical five-book mystery series featuring police psychologist, Dr. Dot Meyerhoff. Embedded in a police department that isn’t sure it wants her there, Dot is too dedicated for her own good, takes orders from no one including her chief, and solves crimes when she should be counseling cops. Ellen lives in Redwood City, California with her husband whose life she has plagarized for the character of Dot’s romantic interest, Frank. She writes an occasional newsletter. You can sign up at her website, www.ellenkirschman.com.
Dean Krystek
After retiring from a long military career, Dean put away his uniform and decided to follow his passion for books. He is an alumnus of the University of Maryland and the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in English. He’s a published novelist and short story writer. He currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife Lynda. Dean is looking for authors with distinctive voices whose narratives invoke a strong sense of time and place and whose stories create a memorable reading experience. He’d like to see paranormal; crime (police procedural); mysteries (whodunit, cozy); sci-fi (space opera, dystopian, alternate history, time travel); psychological suspense; thrillers (looking for small town America setting vs international in scale); military fiction (character-driven pieces; favoring post-WWII. **Vietnam**). In YA and middle-grade fiction he would like to see mysteries, paranormal, sci-fi, coming of age, and suspense with writing that stirs the imagination and caters to the young reader’s sense of wonder and adventure. Dean is also looking for film & television projects to develop in his areas of interest either as original works or adaptations of an author’s work (published or unpublished). https://www.wordlink.us/agents
Janet K. Lee
Janet K Lee is a New-York-Times-bestselling, Eisner-Award-winning illustrator and author. Published by companies ranging from Andrews McMeel to Marvel, to Viking Press, she is currently working on a graphic novel for Roaring Brook Press. A graduate of Vanderbilt, Janet lives in Nashville with her family and four bad cats.
James L’Etoile
James L’Etoile uses twenty-nine years behind bars to influence his award-winning crime fiction. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty, Anthony, Silver Falchion, and the Public Safety Writers Award. https://jamesletoile.com/
Cass Lewis
Cass Lewis’ forthcoming memoir about mass incarceration, The Biting Kind, was shortlisted for the SFWP Literary Awards. She studied Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, worked with system-impacted people, and is a Writing Mentor for PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program. www.CassLewis.com
D.P. Lyle
D. P. Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, and USA Today Best Book(2) nominated author of 25 books. He has worked with the writers of the TV’s Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Monk, House, and other shows. He is also a former Guest of Honor at Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference. https://www.dplylemd.com Outliers Writing University: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com
Meredith Lyons
Meredith Lyons grew up in New Orleans, collecting two degrees from Louisiana State University before running away to Chicago to be an actor. In between plays, she got her black belt and made martial arts and yoga her full-time day job. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters In Crime. Ghost Tamer is her first novel with A Dagger of Lightning coming in 2025. She lives in Nashville.