Libby Fischer Hellmann
Biography
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and nearly 30 short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few.
She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony and the Shamus Awards; four times for Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year, which she won in 2018. She also has been nominated for the Agatha and the Daphne, and she won the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year in 2021. She has won the IPPY, Foreword Magazine’s Indie Awards, and the Readers Choice Award multiple times.
Libby was the President of Sisters in Crime in 2006. For two years she hosted “Solved,” a streaming video show featuring bestselling and emerging Crime Authors. She also was the host of “Second Sunday Crime,” a podcast with the Authors on the Air network. Episodes of both shows are on Libby’s YouTube channel.
Libby Fischer Hellmann
