MB Dabney

MB Dabney is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in numerous local and national publications, such as Indianapolis Monthly, NUVO, Ebony magazine, Black Enterprise.com, the Indianapolis Recorder, and the Indianapolis Business Journal. A native of Indianapolis, Michael spent decades as a reporter working at Business Week magazine, United Press International and the Associated Press, the Indianapolis Star, and The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's oldest continuously published Black newspaper, where he won awards for editorial writing. He has co-edited two anthologies -- Decades of Dirt: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem from the Crossroads of Crime; and MURDER 20/20 -- and has published numerous short mystery stories, including Miss Hattie Mae's Secret (Decades of Dirt) , Callipygian (The Fine Art of Murder), and Killing Santa Claus (Homicide for the Holidays). He was a co-writer and co-producer of DEADBEAT, a one-act play that debuted at the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival in 2018.

A DEADLY GAME is his newest novel and is a prequel to his debut novel, AN UNTIDY AFFAIR. Both are part of the David Blaise Mystery series.

The father of two adult daughters, Michael lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Angela.