Beverle Graves Myers

Beverle Graves Myers (born March 31, 1951) is an American author of mystery novels and short stories. Her major work is the Tito Amato mystery series set in 18th-century Venice, published by Poisoned Pen Press. She is also the co-author, with Joanne Dobson, of a stand-alone crime novel set in New York City on the eve of World War II. Myers' novels are traditional mysteries which feature a large cast of characters, a deep sense of time and place, and meticulously researched period details. Myers' short stories are set in a variety of times and places; several stories feature her series characters.

Background Myers was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father was an attorney, her mother a homemaker. Myers attended the University of Louisville, earning a BA in History and an MD from the School of Medicine. She also completed a residency program in psychiatry and practiced at a public mental health clinic in eastern Kentucky for approximately ten years before taking up writing full-time. When not traveling in search of new inspiration, Myers makes her home in Louisville, Kentucky. She has two adult children and four grandchildren.

Career Myers combined her love of history, opera, Italy, and mystery to write the Tito Amato mystery series. She often states that she fell in love with the mystery genre while reading Agatha Christie as a young girl. Kentucky Literary Award, and Derringer Award. One of her short stories, "Haven City," was named a Notable Story of 2006 by the Million Writers Award.

She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative. She has served on the boards of the Midwest Chapter of MWA, HFAC, her local Sisters in Crime chapter, and was Program Chair for the Kentucky Woman's Book Festival 2006.

Novels Year Title ISBN Publisher 2004 Interrupted Aria Poisoned Pen Press 2005 Painted Veil Poisoned Pen Press 2006 Cruel Music Poisoned Pen Press 2008 The Iron Tongue of Midnight Poisoned Pen Press 2009 Her Deadly Mischief Poisoned Pen Press 2012 Face of the Enemy co-authored with Joanne Dobson Poisoned Pen Press 2014 Whispers of Vivaldi Poisoned Pen Press

Short stories Year Title Publication 2001 (Summer Issue) A Baroque Phantom Fables 2002 (November) Head Case Orchard Press Mysteries 2002/2003 (Winter Issue) A Minor Break-In Flashquake 2003 (February) Foul Ball Shred of Evidence 2003 (Fall) Revenge of the Snake Woman Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine 2003 (November 18) Force of Habit Woman's World 2004 (January 20) A Foolproof Scheme Woman's World 2004 (January) Sweet Smell of Success Who Died in Here?, Penury Press 2004 (May) Dead Heat with a Pale Horse & Walking Around Money Derby Rotten Scoundrels, Silver Dagger 2004 (June) Mirror, Mirror Dime, Quiet Storm Publishing 2004 (September) The Franklin Fiasco Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2004 (November) Windows to the Soul Shred of Evidence 2005 (December) The Mozart Muddle Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2006 (April) The Casanova Caper Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2006 (May) The True Story of the Whirlaway Café Low Down and Derby, Silver Dagger 2006 (Fall Issue) Haven City Spinetingler Magazine 2007 (May) Brimstone P.I. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2007 (December) The Bookworm's Demise Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2009 (April) A Cutting Wind Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 2009 (October) A Good Cuppa Joe co-authored with Joanne Dobson Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

Articles Year Title Publication 2005-06 (Winter) All Roads Lead to Venice Mystery Readers Journal 2006 Thoughts on The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) Mystery Muses, CrumCreek Press 2008 (Spring) Forgotten Heroes of the Stage Mystery Readers Journal 2012 I Haven't Got a Clue! Writing Murder, The Writers' Center of Indiana