Dr. David SkeneMelvin is the dean of anthologizers of Canadian criminous short fiction and has previously edited Crime in a Cold Climate: An Anthology of Classic Canadian Crime, (Simon & Pierre/Dundurn, 1994); Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers An Eclectic Sampler (Simon & Pierre/Dundurn, 1995); and Bloody York: Tales of Mayhem, Murder and Mystery in Toronto past, present and future, (Simon & Pierre/Dundurn, 1996). He is also the compiler of Canadian Crime Fiction 1817199