Ava Black

Ava's works have garnered rave reviews from Kirkus, Book Trib, and Blue Ink as well as multiple award-winning authors and international bloggers. She is a contributing editor at Noir Nation and co-creator of the Noir Nation Blot. Her short stories can be found at Noir Nation and Spinetingler while her crime fiction reviews and author interviews can be found at Crimespree Magazine. She reads her work at Noir At The Bar in New York City and Murder At The Mic in Chicago.

Ava has worked as a truck-stop waitress, translator, pickle-packing factory EMT, and substance-abuse intake counselor. She lives in the rural Midwest with her charming and handsome black lab, Bucky.