Crime and the theater have always had a mutually beneficial relationship. As an extremity of human behavior, crime is dramatic. We see this in plays that we might not immediately think of as mysteries. Oedipus Rex, of course, and Medea, which could be viewed as an ancient Cornell Woolrich revenge story—The Bride Wore Poison. O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra is, among other […]
MWA-NY members Daniel L Friedman and Eugene B. Friedman write about their experience attending our recent outing to Sing Sing Correctional Facility on July 23.
Romantic suspense novelist and MWA-NY Board Member Laura K. Curtis discusses why you as an author need to have a digital home on the Internet.
Agatha Award recipient Terrie Farley Moran discusses how writing CAUGHT RED-HANDED, the second book in her Read ’Em and Eat cozy mystery series, exposed the frail ego of a writer.
One of the many benefits MWA-NY offers its members is access to the experts who pursue the perpetrators and solve the crimes we write about. We asked a few of those experts to tell us about their work in law enforcement and forensics. Don’t forget to check the MWA-NY calendar for upcoming programs. Today we’re featuring long-serving NYPD lieutenant (and MWA-NY member) Bernard Whalen, who spoke
Arrgh, me buckos! Authors are having to deal with their books being pirated on the Internetz! Who is stealing our books? Is there any way to stop them and how? Is it any use?
“Are you killing time?” she asked. “Yes,” I said, “and I’ve got the bar tab to prove it.” “Would you like some company?” She sat down on the stool to my right without waiting for an answer. She was not what you would call a pretty woman, but sitting in the bar at O’Hare, two hours to kill until boarding,
