Christine Husom has created and written and created stories since age six, and realized her dream of getting published in 2008. Husom served with the Wright County Sheriff’s Department and trained with the St. Paul, MN Police Department where she gained firsthand knowledge of law enforcement policies and procedures.

She is a national bestselling author and pens the Winnebago County Mysteries; suspense-filled police procedurals set in central Minnesota and include Murder In Winnebago County, Buried In Wolf Lake, An Altar By The River, The Noding Field Mystery, Secret In Whitetail Lake, Firesetter In Blackwood Township, Remains In Coyote Bog, and Death To The Dealers.

She also writes the Snow Globe Shop Mysteries, character-driven cozies set in Minnesota, that include Snow Way Out, The Iced Princess, Frosty the Dead Man, and Cold Way To Go

Husom has stories in six anthologies, wrote a collaborative novel with eight other authors, and co-edited Festival of Crime for Nodin Press.

She's been nominated for many book awards and was a finalist in the Midwest Book Award for Death To The Dealers. She has moderated and sat on author panels at Malice Domestic, Bouchercon, Left Coast Crime, and Killer Nashville, and with the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime. Husom is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the National Sisters in Crime, and active with the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime. She loves meeting readers at a variety of venues.

Amy lives in Central Illinois with her wonderful husband, two daughters, one son, two cats and one dog and firmly believes you should never have more pets than you have children. She has loved romance novels for more years than she cares to actually count and when stories began forming in her own mind, she finally gave in and put her fingers to the keyboard and has not stopped writing since.

Dellani Oakes is a former A.P. English teacher, photo journalist, substitute teacher and Mary Kay consultant. She can give skin care & makeup advice, correct grammar, take pictures and write an article while controlling a classroom full of rowdy children.

Dellani was making up stories before she could read. Her first really cohesive work began when her older sister started school. Left to entertain herself, she invented an imaginary friend and would regale her mother with tales of Snowy Green and Rainbow School. These stories paved the way for songs and poems in elementary school and short stories in high school and college.

A college theatre major, Dellani took play writing. It became her new love. Scripts being dialog heavy and character driven, this aspect has followed her into her novel writing. She uses verbal exchanges & sparring as a way of revealing both plot and characterization.

Dellani had to set aside her love of writing when she began working as a teacher. Her creative energies were channeled into writing exams to make her students cry--although this wasn't usually intentional. Unfortunately, between that and motherhood, she didn't have time to write.

Once her youngest son started school in 2002, she was able to write full time. Her first novel, "Indian Summer", was published in 2008. Her second novel, "Lone Wolf" made its debut in September 2011. "Lone Wolf" is the first in her science-fiction series. Book two of the Lone Wolf Series - "Shakazhan", came out in July of 2013. Both have recently been reissued in Kindle Format.

In addition to her historical novel and sci-fi, Dellani has added 7 romantic suspense novels, 4 of which are published by Tirgearr Publishing. The rest, she has independently published. She also shares some of her unpublished work for free on her blog.

Dellani is a Blog Talk Radio host with two shows each month on the Red River Radio Network: Dellani's Tea Time 4:00 PM Eastern every 2nd Monday & What's Write for Me at 4:00 PM Eastern every 4th Wednesday. Look for her on Red River Radio Network. (Guests vary)