Rick Helms
Website: http://www.richardhelms.net
Bio: Richard Helms is a retired college professor and clinical/forensic psychologist. He has been nominated five times for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, with one win; eight times for the SMFS Derringer Award, winning it twice; seven times for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award, with a win in 2021; twice for the ITW Thriller Award, with one win; and once for the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award. He is a frequent contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, along with other periodicals. His story “See Humble and Die” was selected for inclusion in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Best American Mystery Stories of 2020, edited by C.J. Box and Otto Penzler. A Kind and Savage Place and Vicar Brekonridge his twenty-second and twenty-third novels, will be published by Level Best Books in 2022. Mr. Helms is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America, and the former president of the Southeast Regional Chapter of MWA.
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rickhelmsauthor
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rickhelms051
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