Deborah Lacy's short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Anthony Award Winning Anthology -- Blood on the Bayou, Fault Lines, Shhhh…Murder! , Mystery Weekly Magazine and Murder Most International.  She is the editor of the short story anthology, The Most Dangerous Games, coming in August 2025 from Level Best Books. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Mystery Playground, a blog for people who love both fun and crime fiction. Her non-fiction byline has appeared in Investor's Business Daily, and MacMillan Publishing's Criminal Element. She has served on the board of the Malice Domestic mystery convention, the local organizing committee for Bouchercon, the world's largest mystery convention twice, and on Left Coast Crime local organizing committee.