Michael CraftMichael Craft is the author of twenty novels, four of which were honored as finalists for Lambda Literary Awards. The first installment of his Dante & Jazz series, Desert Getaway, was a 2023 MWA Edgars nominee for the Lilian Jackson Braun Award. The econd installment, Desert Deadline, was a Gold Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, as was his 2019 mystery, ChoirMaster. In addition, his prizewinning short fiction has appeared in British as well as American literary journals. Craft grew up in Illinois and spent his middle years in Wisconsin, the setting for many of his books. He now lives in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, which provided the setting for his current Dante & Jazz mystery series. In 2017, Michael Craft's professional papers were acquired by the Special Collections Department of the Rivera Library at the University of California, Riverside. Visit his website at www.michaelcraft.com. Read More Read Less