Nikki Knight describes herself as an Author/Anchor/Mom…not in that order. An award-winning weekend anchor at New York City’s #1 all-news station, 1010 WINS Radio, she writes short stories and novels including the Vermont Radio Mystery, LIVE, LOCAL, AND DEAD (Crooked Lane, 2022). Her short stories appear online, in anthologies including DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022, and soon, in the May/June 2023 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Her work has been short-listed for Black Orchid Novella and Derringer Awards. As Kathleen Marple Kalb, she writes the Ella Shane and Old Stuff series. She, her husband and son live in a Connecticut house owned by their cat.