My latest novel, and my first general fiction-crime crossover, is HOPSCOTCH LIFE, a quirky, accept yourself in all your glory women's fiction novel. HOPSCOTCH LIFE is a recent New Mexico-Arizona Book Award winner I also write the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Lefty Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, featuring the daughter of eccentric Hollywood stars, REVENGE OF THE GYPSY QUEEN, DEM BONES' REVENGE, REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE and the latest, REVENGE ON ROUTE 66, which takes place in the quirkiest spots along the Southwestern Route 66, and which is a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award finalist. And I write a magical mystery series featuring fake psychic Samantha Brennan and genuine Celtic goddess/FBI agent Annabelle Haggerty, HIGH CRIMES ON THE MAGICAL PLANE, which received a Lefty Award nomination for Best Humorous Mystery, and the latest, MAGICAL ALIENATION, which also received a Lefty Award nomination and won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. I've also published some sixty short-plus stories, which have appeared in periodicals and anthologies in the US and overseas. I'm a two-time Derringer Award winner and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for my short fiction. One of my Derringer Award winners, "L.A. Justice," is the story in which my Tracy Eaton series was born. You can read that and another Tracy Eaton short story, as well as some other stories, on the Stories page of my website: www.krisneri.com. I teach writing online for the prestigious Writers' Program of the UCLA Extension School, and other organizations, and work with many writers as a freelance editor. I have been a lifelong voracious reader. My tastes are varied. I love mysteries—both cozies and those that are darkish, but humorous mysteries are my favorites. I also read thrillers, urban fantasy, humorous urban fantasy, general fiction, personal growth—and a little bit of everything else. As a former bookseller, I've read it all!