* Marthayn Pelegrimas (Christine Matthews- Mystery Pseudonym)

Missouri County: St. Louis

Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy

Audience: Adult

Published Works:

BOOKS:  Murder is the Deal of the Day, St. Martin's Press, 1999; Writing the Private Eye Novel, Writer's Digest, 1997

SHORT STORIES:  "Closed Due to Curiosity," UFO Files, DAW, 1998; "Quick," Hot Blood #9, Pocket Books, 1997;   "Death of a Glamour Cat," UFO Files, DAW, 1998;  "I'm a Dirty Girl," American Pulp, Carroll & Graff, 1997;  "Dear Lotty," Hear the Fear, Durkin Hayes, 1997;  "To Make a Rabbit Sing," For Crime Out Loud II, Durkin Hayes, 1997;  "Belated Revenge," Vengeance is Hers, Signet, 1997;  "I'm Not That Kind of Girl," Love Kills, Carroll & Graff, 1997;  "The Dirt Eaters," Homicide Host Presents, Write Way, 1996;  "Moving Statues of Balinspittle," For Crime Out Loud, Durkin Hayes, 1996;   "Promises Made and Broken," Lethal Ladies, Durkin Hayes, 1996;   "Gentle Insanities," Deadly Allies II, Bantam, 1995;   "Backyard Burial," Heart Attack (magazine), Sept, 1993;    "Resurrection Man," Best of the Midwest, 1993; "Niiice," Radio Void (magazine), 1992

AUDIO:  "The Kinderfield," Audio Oddities, 1991;

PLAYS:  "Good Golly it's Holly,"  The Circle Theater , Omaha Nebraska, 1990;   Lawrence Kansas, 1996

EDITED: Lethal Ladies II, Signet, 1998 (w/Robert Randisi); Hear the Fear, Durkin Hayes, 1997 (w/Robert Randisi)

NONFICTION:  Humorous articles for Penthouse and several in-house publications.

Have any works been translated into other languages? No

Awards: Golden Poets Award, 1987

Speaking Engagements:

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking:  Variable
Limitations on travel: Variable

Contact Information:

4342 Forest DeVille Dr., Apt. H
St. Louis, MO. 63129
E-mail:  RRandisi@aol.com