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Barb Goffman is an author of short mystery stories and freelance crime-fiction editor.[1] Her writing has received and been nominated for multiple awards, including winning the Agatha Award and Anthony Award.

Hoffman graduated from law school. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and lawyer.[2] In addition to writing, she is now also an associate editor with Black Cat Weekly.[3]

Awards

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Awards for Goffman's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2005 "Murder at Sleuthfest" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
2009 "The Worst Noel" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
2010 "Volunteer of the Year" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][5]
2011 "Truth and Consequences" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][6]
2012 "The Lord is My Shamus" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
"Truth and Consequences" Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [7][8]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist
2013 "Evil Little Girl" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
"The Lord is My Shamus" Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [7][8]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Won [9]
"Nightmare" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
2014 "The Shadow Knows" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
2015 "The Shadow Knows" Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [7][8]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [10]
"A Year Without Santa Claus?" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Won [4][11]
2016 "The Best-Laid Plans" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
"A Year Without Santa Claus?" Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [12]
2017 "Whose Wine Is It Anyway?" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4]
2018 "Bug Appétit" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][13]
"Whose Wine Is It Anyway" Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [8][14][15]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [16][17]
2019 "Alex’s Choice" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][18]
"Bug Appétit" Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [8][19][20][21]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [22]
2020 "Alex’s Choice" Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [23][24][25]
Crime Travel Anthony Award for Best Anthology Finalist [26]
"Dear Emily Etiquette" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Won [4][27][28]
2021 Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [8][29][30]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Finalist [31]
"A Family Matter" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][32]
"A Tale of Two Sisters" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][32]
2022 "Beauty and the Beyotch" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Won [4][33]
2023 Anthony Award for Best Short Story Won [7][34][35]
Macavity Award for Best Short Story Won [36]
"The Gift" International Thriller Writers Award for Best Short Story Finalist [37]
"Real Courage" Agatha Award for Best Short Story Finalist [4][38]
Anthony Award for Best Short Story Finalist [8]

Publications

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Anthologies edited

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  • Crime Travel, 2020

Short stories

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  • "Real Courage," Black Cat Mystery Magazine issue 14
  • "The Joys of Owning a Dog," Black Cat Mystery Magazine issue 13
  • "The Gift," Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022
  • "For Bailey," Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote
  • "Go Big or Go Home," Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical
  • "Beauty and the Beyotch," Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine issue 29
  • "Five Days to Fitness," Murder in the Mountains
  • "Out of a Fog," Black Cat Mystery Magazine issue 10
  • "Wishful Thinking," Black Cat Weekly issue 6; also published as a stand-alone story
  • "Humor Risk," Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers
  • "Ice Ice Baby," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine September/October 2021 issue
  • "A Tale of Two Sisters," Murder on the Beach
  • "James," Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel
  • "An Inconvenient Sleuth," Black Cat Mystery Magazine issue 8
  • "That Poor Woman," Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January/February 2021 issue
  • "A Family Matter," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine January/February 2021 issue
  • "Second Chance," Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir volume 1
  • "Eat, Drink, and Be Murdered," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine November/December 2020 issue
  • "Dear Emily Etiquette," Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020 issue
  • "Man to Man," The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell
  • "Alex's Choice," Crime Travel: Tales of Mystery and Time Travel
  • "The Power Behind the Throne," Deadly Southern Charm: A Lethal Ladies Mystery Anthology
  • "Punching Bag," Flash Bang Mysteries Winter 2019 issue
  • "Bug Appétit," Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November/December 2018 issue
  • "The Case of the Missing Pot Roast," Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State
  • "Till Murder Do Us Part," Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
  • "Crazy Cat Lady," Black Cat Mystery Magazine issue 1
  • "Whose Wine Is It Anyway?" 50 Shades of Cabernet; also published as a stand-alone story
  • "The Best-Laid Plans," Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional
  • "Stepmonster," Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning
  • "The Wrong Girl," Flash and Bang: A Short Mystery Fiction Society Anthology
  • "A Year Without Santa Claus?" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2015 issue
  • "It's A Trap!" The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Fourth Meal of Mayhem
  • "The Shadow Knows," Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
  • "Dead and Buried Treasure," All Hallows' Evil
  • "Operation Knock Her Down a Peg," The Killer Wore Cranberry: Room For Thirds
  • "Nightmare," Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
  • "Have Gun - Won't Travel," Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
  • "Evil Little Girl," Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
  • "Christmas Surprise," Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
  • "Suffer the Little Children," Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
  • "Ulterior Motives," Ride 2
  • "Bon Appetit," Nightfalls: Notes from the End of the World
  • "Murder a la Mode," The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping
  • "The Lord Is My Shamus," Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder
  • "Truth and Consequences," Mystery Times Ten
  • "Biscuits, Carats, and Gravy," The Killer Wore Cranberry; also published as a stand-alone story
  • "An Officer and a Gentleman's Agreement," Murder to Mil-Spec
  • "The Contest," 2010 Deadly Ink Short Story Collection
  • "Volunteer of the Year," Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'
  • "The Worst Noel," The Gift of Murder
  • "Compulsive Bubba," Chesapeake Crimes 3
  • "Murder at Sleuthfest," Chesapeake Crimes II

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