Award-Winning Mystery Short-Story Author
I'm a mystery short-story writer. I've won the Agatha Award three times, the Macavity Award twice, and the Anthony, Silver Falchion, and Ellery Queen Reader's Award once each. I've been a finalist for national crime-writing awards forty-three times: eighteen times for the Agatha, ten times for the Macavity, nine times for the Anthony, four times for the Derringer, and once each for the Thriller and the Silver Falchion. (The Silver Falchion was for Don't Get Mad, Get Even, which won best single-author mystery-short-story collection published in 2013.)
I live in Winchester, Virginia. I love to hear from readers. Email me at Barb at barbgoffman.com. Â
I blog every third Tuesday at SleuthSayers: www.sleuthsayers.org. There's new content every day, often focused on writing, especially short stories.Â
News
I have two new short stories published and a reprint that came out recently. “The Postman Always Flirts Twice” The newest story is the cozy “The Postman Always Flirts Twice.” It’s a whodunit about love, family, and friendship. Someone murdered Hazel’s mailman and…
Read MoreI’m delighted that the anthology Three Strikes–You’re Dead! has been released. It has fourteen short stories mixing sports and crime, including my story “A Matter of Trust.” In this story, when an emotional eater cycles past a donut shop, his weight-loss plans–and so much…
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I have a new story out this month and award finalist news! The new story first … Murder, Neat The anthology Murder, Neat was published on February 13 by the Level Short imprint of Level Best Books. Edited by Michael…
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I hope you’ll check out my newest story, “Teenage Dirtbag,” which appears in the just released anthology (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders. Inspired by the Wheatus song of the same name, the story…
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I’m thrilled that my story “Real Courage” has been published in issue 14 of Black Cat Mystery Magazine, which is now available from Amazon in paper form and ebook form and from Barnes & Noble in ebookform. Also, for a…
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It brings me great pleasure to share that my crime/coming-of-age story “Beauty and the Beyotch” won the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story published in 2022. The story also took home the Agatha and Anthony Awards earlier this year.…
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I’m overjoyed that my story “Beauty and the Beyotch” won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story published in 2022 at this year’s Bouchercon convention, which just ended in San Diego. It was an honor to be nominated for the…
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