Sisters in Crime: Austin Noir with Hopeton Hay and Scott Montgomery

Hopeton Hay and Scott Montgomery editors of the 2023 Austin Noir anthology, discussed the process, hurdles, and joys of writing for, compiling, and publishing an Austin anthology. Hopeton Hay is a book talk show host and producer based in the Austin metro area who has been interviewing crime-fiction authors since 2009. Currently he hosts and produces the Diverse Voices Book Review podcast which features a monthly crime-fiction episode. He was the host and producer of KAZI Book Review at KAZI 88.7 FM in Austin from 2009-2021. Hay is a graduate of Xavier University in Louisiana. Scott Montgomery became immersed in the crime-fiction scene while working at the Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles. In Austin, he has continued to work as a bookseller specializing in the genre. His writing has appeared in Shotgun Honey and the anthologies Murder on Wheels, Lone Star Lawless, and The Eyes of Texas, for which his story “No One Owns the Blues” received an Other Distinguished Mystery Stories acknowledgment in The Best American Mystery Stories 2020.