Shelley Costa

Shelley Costa’s work has been nominated for both the Edgar and Agatha Awards. She is the author of You Cannoli Die Once, Basil Instinct, Practical Sins for Cold Climates, and A Killer’s Guide to Good Works. Her stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Blood on Their Hands, The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Crimewave, and The Georgia Review. “Glock, Paper, Scissors,” her latest story, has been chosen for the next Mystery Writers of America anthology, Odd Partners, edited by Anne Perry. Shelley, who wrote her dissertation on suspense, teaches fiction writing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Website: http://www.shelleycosta.com