Paula L. Woods
Paula L. Woods (born 1953 in Los Angeles) is an African-American crime novelist and literary critic. Her 1999 novel, "Inner City Blues", won the Macavity Award for best first mystery, and was followed by other novels featuring its heroine, L.A. policewoman Charlotte Justice. She has also edited an anthology of African-American crime literature and co-edited (with Felix H. Liddell) three anthologies of African American literature illustrated with African American fine art.