BARB GOFFMAN loves writing, reading, air conditioning, and her dog, not necessarily in that order. She's won the Agatha, Macavity, and Silver Falchion awards for her short stories, and she's been a finalist twenty-seven times for national mystery short-story awards, including the Anthony and Derringer. Her book Don't Get Mad, Get Even won the Silver Falchion for the best collection of 2013. Her stories have also appeared in AHMM, EQMM, BCMM and a number of anthologies, including Crime Travel, a time-travel crime anthology she edited. Barb lives in Winchester, Virginia, and works as a freelance editor and proofreader.