Stacy Woodson (www.stacywoodson.com) made her crime fiction debut in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Department of First Stories and won the 2018 Readers Award. It is the second time in the award's history that a debut took first place. Since her debut, she has placed over forty short stories in publications-two winning the Derringer award. Her short fiction has also been nominated for a Macavity Award, a Thriller Award, selected for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and adapted for animation. When she's not writing, she co-edits anthologies with Michael Bracken, teaches at Outliers Writing University, and works as background talent for movies and television.