Ellen Hart

Ellen Hart is the author of thirty-two crime novels in two different series. She is a six-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, and a four-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction. Entertainment Weekly has called her one of the “101 Movers and Shakers in the Gay Entertainment Industry.” She was recently honored by being named Mystery Writers of America’s 2017 Grand Master, the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing.  The award was established to acknowledge important contributions to the genre, as well as a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality. Ellen lives in Eden Prairie with her partner of thirty-nine years.