January 2022

Chantelle Aimée Osman (she/her) is the editor of Agora Books, focusing on socially and culturally unique crime fiction and horror from award-winning publisher Polis Books.

Since founding in 2019, Agora titles have been nominated for Edgar, Dagger, Anthony, Strand Critics, Macavity and Lefty awards, as well as being featured in NPR, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Chicago Tribune and Entertainment Weekly, named to several “best of” lists for both 2020 and 2021 and won three International Latino Book Award medals.

Chantelle was named a Publishers Weekly Rising Star honoree in 2020, and has been a judge for the Phoenix Film Festival, International Thriller Awards and the National Association of Hispanic Publication’s José Martí Awards.

The former editor-in-chief of RT Book Reviews Magazine and a freelance editor for over 10 years, she is also an instructor at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Authors at Large and LitReactor.

Chantelle is the author of the non-fiction series on writing The Quick and Dirty Guides To…, has published numerous works of short fiction, and has served as the editor of multiple anthologies, including the upcoming Jewish Noir, Volume 2 from PM Press. She hosts the Words of Prey podcast through the Pipeline Artists Network. Find her online at chantelleaimee.com and on Twitter @SuspenseSiren.