Geoffrey Walters (aka Geoffrey Smagacz) writes from South Carolina and Mexico. Geoffrey's latest novel, Reportedly Murdered: A Gregory Thackery Mystery (Wipf and Stock Publishers),...view moreGeoffrey Walters (aka Geoffrey Smagacz) writes from South Carolina and Mexico. Geoffrey's latest novel, Reportedly Murdered: A Gregory Thackery Mystery (Wipf and Stock Publishers), was released May 14th. Geoffrey is a former reporter for the Times Newsweekly in Queens, New York, and the author of Never Say Murder (republished in 2019), the first Gregory Thackery mystery. His short novel and short-story collection, A Waste of Shame and Other Sad Tales of the Appalachian Foothills (Wiseblood Books, 2013), won the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction in 2014. Geoffrey is a Pushcart Prize nominee. His rhymed and metered poetry has also been published in various literary magazines and e-zines, including The Classical Poetry Society, 14 by 14, and Dappled Things.view less