Author Updates
Carla Conti’s ‘The Jacklighter’ Prelaunches on Kickstarter
Carla Conti’s latest true crime book, THE JACKLIGHTER, thirty years in the making, is now officially in the prelaunch phase on Kickstarter: https://bit.ly/Private-KS-Jacklighter Here’s a summary of THE JACKLIGHTER … A Stolen Life. A Buried […]
Marianna Heusler’s ‘Pathway to Purgatory’
In Marianna Heusler’s Pathway to Purgatory, Next Chapter, the ashes of the past are disturbed when a luxury nursing home is built on the same ground where a devastating fire destroyed a Catholic elementary school […]
Valerie Wilson Wesley’s First History Mystery
Valerie Wilson Wesley’s newest novel, The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum, is her first historical mystery, after having written cozies and PI stories.
Victoria Weisfeld’s New Thriller: ‘She Knew Too Much’
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 […]
News & Views
WEATHER UPDATE FOR LONG ISLAND GROUP FEBRUARY
HELLO MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA LONG ISLAND GROUP FEBRUARY WEATHER UPDATE DUE TO THE INCLIMATE WEATHER, WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A STAY WARM AND COZY ZOOM MEETING ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21 BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. WE WILL REVIEW THE FIRST THREE PAGES, DEPENDING ON THE TURNOUT. IF WE HAVE TIME, FIRST SENTENCES. SEE YOU ALL THERE, KEEP WARM, […]
CrimeCONN 2026 Set for May 16
Save the Date: Saturday, May 16 CrimeCONN 2026, Connecticut’s acclaimed annual one-day mystery writers and readers conference at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Conn., (a forty-five-minute train ride from Grand Central), is set for May 16. The day includes five author panels, a forensics presentation, and a writers’ workshop. Lunch and coffee will be served all day. Discounts for seniors, […]
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 […]
Events
Crime Craft: ‘The FBI in Books, TV and Movies – Myths and Misconceptions’
Join host Kate Hohl on Tuesday, February 2/17, at 6:00pm EST for the February Crime Craft with retired FBI Agent […]