John M. Floyd is the author of more than a thousand short stories in publications like Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Best American Mystery Stories (2015, 2018, 2020), and Best Mystery Stories of the Year (2021, 2024). A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is also an Edgar Award nominee, a Shamus Award winner, a six-time Derringer Award winner, and a past recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society’s lifetime achievement award. River Road and Other Mystery Stories is his ninth book.