Penny Mickelbury
Author of Darkness Descending, Night Songs, Love Notes and Keeping Secrets

Penny Mickelbury authors two successful mystery series: the Carole Ann Gibson Mysteries published by Simon and Schuster and the Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mysteries published by migibooks, now published by Kings Crossing Publishing. Both series feature strong, savvy female protagonists, two of whom are Black: Carole Ann Gibson is the first Black female criminal defense attorney in the American Mystery genre, and Mimi Patterson is the first black female investigative newspaper reporter in the genre. L. Gianna Maglione heads the D.C. Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit and the naturally adversarial relationship between cops and reporters is greatly exacerbated by the fact that Mimi and Gianna are lovers

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