Welcome to the online home of author Toni L.P. Kelner!

Toni L.P. Kelner is the author of eleven mystery novels: eight Laura Fleming mysteries and three “Where are they now?” mysteries. Both series are available as audio books and e-books. Kelner is also the author of numerous short stories, many of which have been republished in her two short story collections, and co-edited several bestselling urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris.

Toni also writes as Leigh Perry, and you can find more on Leigh’s website, leighperryauthor.com.

The Latest News:

Hot off the press is The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories, a short story collection with twelve stories spanning Kelner’s thirty-year writing career. It includes several award nominees, and the Agatha Award winner “Sleeping With the Plush.” It’s available from Crippen & Landru Publishers as a limited edition, signed hardcover; a trade paperback; and an ebook.

In other exciting news, Kelner’s short story “Baby Trap” has been selected for inclusion in Mariner Books’ The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha. The story originally appeared in the Crippen & Landru anthology School of Hard Knox, edited by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor.

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