The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories by Toni L. P. Kelner NEUF collection

Toni L.P. Kelner has been writing thoughtful mysteries for over thirty years. She won an Agatha Award for her short story "Sleeping With the Plush" and her story "Baby Trap" was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha. Kelners short fiction has also been nominated for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer.

Toni L.P. Kelner and Leigh Perry are two authors in one.

As Toni L.P. Kelner, shes the author of eleven novels: eight Laura Fleming mysteries set in Byerly, a small North Carolina town filled with Lauras extended family members, and three "Where are they now?" mysteries, about a freelance entertainment reporter who specializes in stories about the formerly famous. Shes also the co-editor of seven urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Kelner has won the Agatha Award and an RT BookClub Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been nominated for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer. Her story "Baby Trap" was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha.

As Leigh Perry, she writes the Family Skeleton series about Georgia Thackery, an adjunct English professor, and her familys unusual family skeleton. Which is a skeleton. Named Sid. Sid walks, talks, and tells bad bone jokes. Together, Georgia and Sid solve crimes.

Both Leigh and Toni write short stories, and The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories is their first team-up.

No matter which name shes using, she lives north of Boston with fellow writer Stephen P. Kelner, Jr. and their daughters: a graphic artist and a flute finisher. The family has many books.