Nancy Means Wright has published 17 books, including 5 mysteries from St. Martin's Press, and most recently two historicals: The Nightmare (Perseverance, '11) and Midnight Fires, '10). Her children's mysteries received an Agatha Award and Agatha nomination. Short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, American Literary Review, Level Best Books anthologies, and elsewhere. Longtime teacher, actress-director, and Bread Loaf Scholar for a first novel, Nancy lives with her spouse and two Maine coon cats in Middlebury, Vermont.