Queens Noir (42 page)

SHAILLYAGNIHOTRI was born in India, grew up in Baton
Rouge, and now lives in New York City. She is a filmmaker
and recently completed a documentary entitled Three Soldiers.
Her other projects include a feature film, Sangrita (in preproduction), and a novel, East River. She likes to consult Vedic
astrologers, buy silver jewelry, and eat spicy chat in Jackson
Heights.

MARY BYRNE was born in Ireland and now divides her time
between teaching, translating, and writing. She collaborated
with Lawrence Durrell on his final book of essays, and her
short fiction has been published in Ireland, England, France,
Canada, and the United States. Byrne won the 1986 Hennessy
Literary Award and currently lives in France.

TORI CARRINGTON (a.k.a., Lori and Tony Karayianni) has
published nearly forty tides, including those in the Sofie Metropolis, P.I. series, which are set in Astoria, Queens.

JILL EISENSTADT is the author of two novels set in Queens,
From Rockaway and Kiss Out. She is an occasional contributor to the New York Times, among other publications, and is
a part-time writing professor at the New School's Eugene
Lang College. Her Queens Noir story, "The Golden Venture,"
is based on a real event in the borough's history.

VICTORIA ENG was born and raised in Chinatown and
Queens. She is a graduate of Hunter College and holds an
MFA in Writing from Columbia University. Her work has
been published in 7be NuyorAsian Anthology: Asian American
Writings about New York City. She lived in New Mexico and
Costa Rica for seven years, and is currently back in New York
working on a historical novel set in Chinatown.

MAGGIE ESTEP has published six books and is working on
her seventh, Alice Fantastic, which came to be when Robert
Knightly asked her to write something for Queens Noir. Her
favorite parts of Queens are the Kissena Velodrome, Aqueduct
Racetrack, and Fort Tilden in Rockaway.

BELINDA FARLEY resides in Harlem, not Queens, and is
currently at work on a novel.

ALAN GORDON is the author of the Fools' Guild Mysteries,
including the forthcoming novel 7be Moneylender of Toulouse
and, most recently, 7be Lark's Lament. He has been a resident
of Queens'second oldest co-op since 1987, and is a defender
of the borough's alleged miscreants as a lawyer with the Legal
Aid Society. Gordon is the father of one genuine Queensian,
and has been a Little League coach for six years, which has
taught him all he needs to know about hard-boiled types.