Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award winning Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries featuring Deputy Mattie Cobb, her K-9 Robo, and Cole Walker, DVM. Dying Cry is book ten in the series. Margaret and her veterinarian husband moved from Colorado to Washington’s Olympic peninsula, where... Read More →

Peggy Doviak writes cozy mysteries and personal finance books. Her Magnolia Hill series features a financial planner who solves murders with the help of her horse. She has just started a second cozy series set on Galveston Island. Her latest finance book offers money tips for creatives... Read More →

Sara Driscoll is the pen name of Jen J. Danna, author of the FBI K-9s and NYPD Negotiators thriller series, and coauthor of the Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries. After over 30 years in infectious diseases research, Jen hung up her lab coat to concentrate on her real love—writing... Read More →

Liisa Kovala is an award-winning Finnish Canadian author, book coach, and podcaster. She is the author of Like Water for Weary Souls (House of Karhu, 2025), Sisu's Winter War (Latitude 46, 2022) and Surviving Stutthof: My Father's Memories Behind the Death Gate (Latitude 46, 2017... Read More →

Speculative fiction writer and retired acupuncturist, Bonnie Elizabeth uses her varied experiences to create believable but often unusual characters.

As a multi-genre author, Bonnie has written paranormal cozy mystery, contemporary fantasy, gothic suspense, paranormal women’s fiction, and even young adult contemporary fantasy novels. Her short stories range from contemporary mystery to science fiction and secondary world fantasy... Read More →