BJ Condike writes mystery fiction featuring ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances. A member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, he draws inspiration from small-town communities, hidden histories, and the secrets people keep from those closest to them.

BJ Condike has won several short story contests, including twice placing in the top 1% of Writers Digest’s Short-Short Story Contest. While he loves the challenge of packing a complete story into a few pages, his goal is to publish Murder is Personal, his first full-length mystery novel. His stories appear in several anthologies published by Granbury Writers’ Bloc, Sisters in Crime North Dallas, and the Key West Writer’s Guild.

BJ completed The Writers Path creative writing program at Southwestern University in Dallas. He is vice president of the Key West Writers Guild and is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America.