Author Updates
Victoria Weisfeld
Victoria Weisfeld’s new thriller, She Knew Too Much, tells the story of American travel writer Genie Clarke, who on assignment in Rome overhears a quartet of gangsters planning a major crime. Once they realize she’s […]
On Tap: Mary Anne Kelly’s ‘Land of Second Chances’
Mary Anne Kelly’s Land of Second Chances comes out in paperback on Friday, January 16. Claire and Morgan fly to Florida to bury his father, a noted horologist. That same night, six young Haitian girls arrive […]
It’s His ‘Five Funerals’: Launch Event for Jeff Somers’s New Mystery
Launch Event for Five Funerals by Jeff Somers coming February 22, 2026, from Ruadán Books (https://ruadanbooks.com/product/five-funerals/) Jeff Somers will be reading from his new novel FIVE FUNERALS and performing for treats. Date: March 3, 2026 […]
Daniella Bernett Book Signing & Reading
For those of you in New York, I will have my launch for SECRETS LIE IN WAIT, Book 10 in my Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon mystery series, on January 13 at 5:30 p.m. at The Mysterious […]
Guess Who Pops Up in This Murder Mystery Novel Set in ’70s NY (Hint: Think Beatles)
Here’s the newest book from Fayetteville Mafia Press, an indie publisher founded by David Bushman and Scott Ryan and distributed worldwide by Simon + Schuster. This is a fictional murder mystery set in 1970s […]
News & Views
Long Island Group Read + Critique
MWA-NY’s Long Island chapter will meet for a Read + Critique on Saturday, January 17. The sesh is open to all members from Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Planning to attend? Bring 3-5 pages of your latest work, be it a novel, short story, poem, script, or play. Remember, constructive criticism only. Also on the table: a […]
Revels! MWA-NY Celebrates the Holidays!
MWA-NY members celebrate the holidays on Tuesday, November 11, with its annual Revels at the the Tailor Public House in Manhattan.
2025 Leon Burstein Award Winners: 3-Way Tie!
MYSTERY AUTHORS WIN BIG Three unpublished authors each won the prestigious Leon Burstein Award—and $2,000—for their manuscript mysteries. The award is judged and presented by the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America (MWA-NY). One judge said: Rain in Pittsburgh by John Dziuban “is unlike anything I’ve ever read! This noir work kept me off balance and transported me […]
Party! Revels 2025
REVELS 2025MWA-NY’s annual Revels party will be heldDate: November 11, 2025The Tailor Public House505 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018Revels is only a month away, and plus-ones are welcome. Don’t miss the fun. It’s only $35.70 per person, but spots are limited. Reserve yours today! Registration Link: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/2P8M6FUKM9328
Delving Into Forensics in Morristown, NJ
MWA members, mystery aficionados and the intellectually curious gathered on October 25 at the Morristown & Morris Township Public Library in Morristown, NJ, for “Unlocking the Secrets of the Dead: Forensics,” a panel discussion moderated by MWA-NY President Nev March. The expert panel featured Lt. Art Weisgerber, the Commanding Officer of the Crime Scene/Identification Unit at the Norwalk, CT, Police […]
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