Virgin Islands resident Kate Grilley is the award winning author of the Kelly Ryan/St. Chris Caribbean short stories ("Guavaberry Christmas" --Derringer winner; "Maubi and the Jumbies" --Agatha nominee, Macavity winner) and Berkley Prime Crime mystery novels Death Dances to a Reggae Beat (Anthony winner; Agatha, Barry, and Macavity nominee), Death Rides an Ill Wind and Death Lurks in the Bush.