When I was first asked by the Nominating Committee if I wanted to be chapter president of MWA-NY, I was sure they were mistaken. Who me? Someone who had racked up no books in print, no bestsellers, no major awards. I felt the members would look at me and ask, So when is the real president arriving? But the then-president, […]
Think of Provence – and what comes to mind? Fields of lavender, groves of olive trees, terracotta tile roofs, a steaming pot of bouillabaisse, a glass of chilled rosé, the mistral blowing. (You get the idea.) That said, I’m pretty certain my own experience in the picturesque small Luberon village to which I’ve been coming for 35 years is rare.
On Wednesday, December 2, we had our MWA-NY Chapter annual Winter Revels holiday party. Our guest of honor, our sort-of-Secret-Santa, was best-selling author Lee Child. We were in the formal reception room of the Salmagundi Club, the club where we have all our meetings. There was an open bar, appetizers, and a mountain of bright red goodie bags. The place
Terrence P. McCauley is an award-winning writer of crime fiction. His first techno-thriller Sympathy for the Devil was published by Polis Books this July. Polis is also republishing his first two crime novels set in 1930 New York City — Prohibition and Slow Burn. He has had short stories featured in Thuglit, Spintetingler Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Big Pulp, and other publications. A proud native of
