Kristina Stanley

Writer

Writing is my passion. I write the Stone Mountain Mystery Series.

DESCENT (Imajin Books, July 25th, 2015)

“Murder rocks the competitive ski world in Stanley’s layered tale with enough suspects to keep readers guessing until the last chilling chapter.” - Brenda Chapman, Award winning author of the Stonechild and Rouleau Mysteries.

BLAZE (Imajin Books, Oct 25th, 2015)

“Evil in a beautiful landscape—Blaze is an inferno of action and tension. ‪Its sizzling plot will keep you guessing until the end.” —Phyllis Smallman, award-winning author of the Sherri Travis murder mysteries

AVALANCHE (coming 2016)

In 2008, I received a certificate from the Humber School For Writers Correspondence Course. Joan Barfoot was my mentor.

In 2010, I attended the HSW Summer Workshop. Mary Gaitskill was my workshop leader. That same summer, I became a member of the Crime Writers of Canada association.

The fall of 2011 gave me another mentoring opportunity. The Crime Writers of Canada mentorship program paired me with Garry Ryan. What an amazing experience to have the president of the CWC work with me on my third novel.

Crime Writers of Canada nominated DESCENT for the 2014 Arthur Ellis Unhanged Arthur for excellence in crime writing.

The Crime Writers' Association nominated novel BLAZE for the 2014Debut Dagger.

My Short Story WHEN A FRIENSHIP FAILS won the Capital Crime Writers Audrey Jessop and is published in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in May 2015.

January 2016 Luzifer-Verlag buy rights to German translation of DESCENT.

Panorama Mountain Village, B.C. was my home for five and half years, where I worked first as the human resources manager and later as the director of human resources, security and guest services. My involvement in the resort’s wildlife management program broadened my knowledge of the wilderness and the animals that live there. Bears, coyotes, moose and cougars make cameo appearances in my books. Living in Panorama helped me find the subject for my novels. I write about Stone Mountain, a fictitious ski resort in the depths of the Purcell Mountains in British Columbia.

I love skiing, snowshoeing and the Canadian winter, but now I spend winters on my boat where I expend energy beach running, kayaking and swimming.

Dogs are a big part of my life and mine appear in my novels.