Gay Toltl KinmanGay Toltl Kinman serves as president of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and has nine award nominations for her writing. She has published several short stories in American and British magazines and numerous anthologies, including Coast to Cost Private Eyes, Michael Connelly's Murder in Vegas, children's books, a Y.A. Gothic novel, adult mysteries, and other collections of short stories. Several of her short plays were produced-now in a collection of twenty plays, The Play's the Thing. Ms. Kinman has published many articles in professional journals, newspapers, and books, including Mystery Writers of America's (MWA) How to Write a Mystery, and has co-edited two non-fiction books. For the PWA's Shamus Awards, Ms. Kinman has served as a judge on all the committees, then chair of each. She also served as the overall Chair of the Shamus Awards for many years. For the MWA Edgar Awards, she has served as a judge for the Best Young Adult mystery committee, then chair of the Best Juvenile Mystery, and the presenter to the winner of that category at the annual Awards Banquet. Ms. Kinman has library and law degrees and had the honor of interviewing literary luminaries such as Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, and Joseph Wambaugh. She also co-edited Agatha & Derringer Get Cozy and Edgar & Shamus Go Golden, which was nominated for three Shamus Awards and an Agatha Award. Read More Read Less