Stephen Ross is an award-winning writer who’s been crafting stories for twenty years. His short stories have been published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, several Mystery Writers of America anthologies, and many other magazines and anthologies. His work has been nominated for an Edgar Award, a Derringer Award, and a Thriller Award, and he was a winner of the Rose Trophy for Best Crime/Mystery Short Story. He has been an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award finalist and was a contributor to the Agatha Award-winning non-fiction book How To Write a Mystery, edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King. He has lived in Auckland, London, and Frankfurt, and currently resides on the beautiful Whangaparaoa Peninsula of New Zealand, where his dog Mycroft takes him for walks. Visit him on: www.StephenRoss.net