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SUMMARY:Come Read and Mingle at Bibliotheque
DESCRIPTION:MWA-NY is planning four more reading-and-mingling evenings\, all from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Bibliotheqe in Soho\, on Wednesday\, June 24; Thursday\, July 30; Tuesday\, Sept. 29; and Thursday\, October 29. If you are an MWA member in the New York chapter and would like to read at one of these upcoming evenings\, please email M.C. Hal Glatzer at info@mwany.org\, and put AUTHOR TO READ in the subject heading. \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/come-read-and-mingle-at-bibliotheque/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T080000
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SUMMARY:MWA-NY Hosting First Spring Fling
DESCRIPTION:MWA-NY is hosting its first Spring party on from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 11\, at the Tailor Public House at 505 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. \nGreat memories and new friendships await.\nJoin us as we celebrate the world of mystery.\nIt would be a crime to miss it!\nRegistration link: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZC8F25BEMUKJL
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/mwa-ny-hosting-first-spring-fling/
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SUMMARY:Cookie-bites! The Central Jersey/Princeton local group will meet on May 7
DESCRIPTION:Cookie-bites! The Central Jersey/Princeton local group will meet on May 7 (3-4pm) \n  \nRSVP by May 5 to nevmarchauthor@gmail.com
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/cookie-bites-the-central-jersey-princeton-local-group-will-meet-on-may-7/
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SUMMARY:Annual General Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Annual General Membership Meeting \n April 13\n7 p.m. \nPlease join us to hear about all the wonderful plans MWA-NY has in store for 2026.This is an opportunity for members to ask the board questions. \nZoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88598730265?pwd=AI6U1jB4KFNOuUdDRNaQ2dEydowgu0.1
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/annual-general-membership-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:ATTENTION CONNECTICUT MWA-NY CHAPTER MEMBERS!!\nPlease join fellow members for a writerly meet and greet.\nThis will be a fun opportunity to chat with others about the world of books as well as a chance to meet local coordinators Tessa and Lynne\, both panelists at the upcoming CrimeConn in May.\nIf you’d like\, please feel free to bring a friend for an enjoyable evening. \nWednesday\, April 29\, at 5:00 p.m. at South Bay in Fairfield\, Connecticut \nSouth Bay offers a full menu and Happy Hour drinks \nhttps://southbayct.com/fairfield/index.php \nPlease rsvp so our local coordinators can be on the lookout for you: \nTessa Wegert tessa@tessawegert.com or\nLynne Constantine liv@livconstantine.com \nSee you on the 29th!!!
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/7193/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T080000
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SUMMARY:CrimeCONN Set for May 16 in Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:CrimeCONN 2026\nFerguson Library\, Stamford\, Conn.\nMay 16 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \nCrimeCONN 2026 invites you to Pick Your Poison \nThe mystery genre is full of subgenres and sub-subgenres. You can discover how writers convert their life experiences or compelling interests or just plain curiosity into mystery and suspense at CrimeCONN 2026.\nConsidered one of the premier small-scale mystery writers and lovers conferences\, CrimeCONN is cosponsored by the Mystery Writers of America\, New York Chapter\, and the Ferguson Library in Stamford\, Connecticut.\nThe one-day event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 16 and offers a virtual attendance option. The headliner this year is New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke\, in conversation with John Valeri\, acclaimed mystery reviewer and online host.\nUSA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan will hold this year’s one-hour writers workshop\, as well as appear on a panel led by Reed Farrel Coleman. Other bestselling and award-winning authors joining panels include Alison Gaylin\, Lynne Constantine\, Peter Blauner\, Kate White and Hilary Davidson. MWA-NY President Daniella Bernett also will serve on a panel.\nCrimeCONN also features a perennial favorite\, Michelle Clark’s forensic science panel. Michelle is a highly regarded Connecticut death investigator who brings in experts from around the region who give invaluable insight into the real world of crime fighting.\nYou’d be hard pressed to find more to learn\, inform and inspire in the world of\ncrime writing than CrimeCONN 2026. Lunch and coffee will be served all day. \nDiscounts for seniors\, students\, and MWA members. \nRegister here. \nPick Your Poison.  Crime writers who write what they know.  And love.  The mystery\ngenre is full of subgenres and sub-subgenres.  Learn how writers convert their life\nexperiences or compelling interests or just plain curiosity into mystery and suspense. \n9:15\nStir it up. Hear writers dish on the role of food in suspense writing.\nModerator: Tom Straw. Ang Pompano\, Devon Delaney\, Debra Sennefelder\n10:15\nSir or Madam\, will you read my book? How music informs\, enriches and provokes\ncrime fiction.\nModerator: Jim Fusilli. Peter Blauner\, Alison Gaylin\, Mary Anna Evans\n11:15\nPut me in\, coach! Hits\, misses\, and score settling. Authors on the enduring mysteries\nof sports.\nModerator: Charles Salzberg. Tessa Wegert\, Elise Hart Knipness\, Kevin Wade \n12:00\nLunch \nWriters Workshop \nHank Phillippi Ryan \n1:00 \nHave a drink on me. What happens when real killers literally pick their poison? \nModerator: Michelle Clark\, Connecticut Death Investigator in conversation with Dr. Shana Straub\, Connecticut Forensic Pathologist. \n2:00\nDifferent strokes for different folks. How life’s passions\, obsessions\, and simple\ncuriosity can lead to the writing life.\nModerator: Reed Farrel Coleman. Rich Cohen\, Daniella Bernett\, Hank Phillippi Ryan\n3:00\nCan’t hold us down. How strong women have come to define 21 st Century crime\nwriting.\nModerator: Gabi Coatsworth. Kate White\, Hilary Davidson and Lynne Constantine \nKeynote\nAlafair Burke interviewed by John Valeri.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/crimeconn-set-for-may-16-in-connecticut/
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Creating Unforgettable Characters
DESCRIPTION:MWA Panel: “Creating Unforgettable Characters” In Person \nJoin us on Monday\, May 18\, for a free panel discussion on character development. At the heart of any memorable story is a character who probably remains with the reader long after the last page ends. Is it the strong backstory? The distinct personality? A unique voice? Does the character evolve and grow throughout the story? Do all of these attributes create a remarkable and lasting impression? This panel discussion with three mystery authors is open to MWA members and the public. \nMonday\, May 18\n5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. \nTredyffrin Public Library\nKing Meeting Room\n582 Upper Gulph Road\nStrafford\, PA 19087 \nRegistration is required. There are 35 seats available. \nModerator:\nMichael Bradley is an award-winning author from Delaware. He spent eight years as a radio DJ before realizing he needed a real job and turned to IT. Never one to waste an experience\, he leveraged his familiarity with life on the radio to infuse his suspense novels with a unique blend of familiarity and intrigue. His third novel\, Dead Air (2020)\, garnered critical acclaim\, winning a Foreword INDIES Award and an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award. The novel has been called “absorbing and filled with shocking twists.” His new novel\, titled\,Those Who Shall Die\, is set for release on July 7. It has already garnered praise\, being called “a well-written\, clever whodunit with crafty twists.” \nPanelists: \nJohn Dobbyn: After graduation from Harvard College\, Boston College Law School\, and Harvard Law School and three years in the US Air Force\, John Dobbyn practiced as a trial attorney before working forty-seven years as a professor of law at Villanova Law School. As a fiction writer\, he has had seven award-winning novels published by Oceanview Publishing and over thirty short stories in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. His latest novel is Deadly Depths. \nJames McCrone: James McCrone’s stories pose questions about the nature of power\, the choices we make\, and the lessons we don’t learn. He’s the author of the thriller trilogy Faithless Elector\, Dark Network and Emergency Powers\, about stealing the presidency and creating a puppet government\, and Bastard Verdict\, in which a looming second referendum on Scottish independence threatens to expose irregularities in the first. He’s the current president of the Delaware Valley Sisters in Crime chapter and a member of Mystery Writers of America and the International Association of Crime Writers. He lives in Philadelphia. His latest novel\, Witness Tree\, is out on submission. You can learn more at his website: JamesMcCrone.com \nJane Kelly: Jane Kelly is the author of the Meg Daniels Mysteries\, Meg Daniels Mysteries Weekenders\, Writing in Time Mysteries\, and Widow Lady Mysteries. Her stand-alone novels include Nightingale Songs\, A Death in Scilly\, and The Secret Audience (2026). She holds an MS in information studies from Drexel University and an MPhil in popular literature from Trinity College\, University of Dublin. She is a past president of the Delaware Valley Sisters in Crime and has served on the board of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. The fourth and sixth books in the Meg Daniels series\, Missing You in Atlantic City\, and Strangers in the Avalon Dunes\, won the Independent Publisher Book Award silver medals for mid-Atlantic fiction. She lives in the Philadelphia area. \nhttps://ccls.libcal.com/event/16690759
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/7197/
LOCATION:Tredyffrin Library\, 582 Upper Gulph Rd.\, Strafford\, Pennsylvnia\, 19087\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crime Craft: "The Mistress of Misdirection: Agatha Christie Through the Novelist's and Scholar's Eye"
DESCRIPTION:Please join host Kate Hohl for a special Crime Craft celebrating National Mystery Month on Tuesday\, May 19\, at 6:00 p.m. EST for the May Crime Craft: “The Mistress of Misdirection: Agatha Christie Through the Novelist’s and Scholar’s Eye” with authors Lori Rader-Day and Dr. Michelle M. Klazmer!\n\nZoom meeting link:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83794864332?pwd=sZ4GSNGYygUCr6hySlym6Y0P9i9pM4.1\n\nLori Rader-Day is the USA Today bestselling author of eight novels\, including Wreck Your Heart\, The Death of Us\, Death at Greenway\, The Lucky One\, and Under a Dark Sky. She has been nominated for crime fiction’s highest award\, the Edgar Award\, and has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award\, the Agatha Award\, three Anthony Awards\, and an Indiana Author Award. Lori is a former national president of Sisters in Crime\nand a former national board member of Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Chicago\, where she cochairs the crime fiction readers’ event Midwest Mystery Conference and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. Visit her at www.LoriRaderDay.com.\n \n\nMichelle M. Kazmer\, MLS\, PhD\, is dean of the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Since 2014\, Kazmer has maintained a research agenda applying information science theories to Golden Age detective fiction focused on Agatha Christie. She has written about information behavior in Agatha Christie’s Parker Pyne short stories; the character of Jessica Fletcher from the television series Murder\, She Wrote in comparison with Christie’s Jane Marple; and comparisons between Archie Goodwin from Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mysteries wand Arthur Hastings from Christie’s Poirot stories. She has published book chapters about information behavior in the Miss Marple novels and about clues as information objects in Agatha Christie’s novels\, novellas\, and short stories.\nDr. Kazmer was on the team of researchers who developed the script for the BBC Maestro course Agatha Christie on Writing.  She holds a PhD from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh\, and a BS in mechanical engineering from Columbia University.\nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/crime-craft-the-mistress-of-misdirection-agatha-christie-through-the-novelists-and-scholars-eye/
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SUMMARY:Fairfield\, Conn.\, Members Meeting and Greeting in July
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join your fellow Fairfield\, Conn.\, area members for a meet and greet at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, July\, 16\, at South Bay Restaurant in Fairfield. RSVP to local coordinators Tessa Wegert at tessa@tessawegert.com or Lynne Constantine at liv@livconstantine.com \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/fairfield-conn-members-meeting-and-greeting-in-july/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T140000
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SUMMARY:Library Panel Discussion: Creating a Mystery Novel: Building Worlds and Plotting Twists and Turns
DESCRIPTION:How do mystery writers build the world of the novel? What contributes to an exciting and intriguing location that offers varied possibilities for storytelling and supports the writer’s ability to supply a plotline that twists and turns? Join these MWA-NY mystery authors at the Hoboken Public Library on May 30 as they offer clues to successfully meshing the world of the mystery with surprising and unexpected plot twists. \nThis panel is open to MWA members and the public. \nMay 30\n2-4:00 p.m.\nHoboken Public Library\, 500 Park Avenue\, Hoboken\, NJ 07030 \nRegister here \nModerator: \nTom Coffey retired from The New York Times in 2023 after a decades-long career in journalism. His first novel\, The Serpent Club\, was published in 1999 by Pocket Books and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. In 2008 Toby Press printed Blood Alley\, which also earned a starred review from PW. His series with Level Best Books\, The Devine Trilogy\, which is named for the dysfunctional family at its center\, began in 2023 with the publication of Public Morals\, which gained four- and five-star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. The second book in the series\, Special Victim\, was published in 2024\, to similar acclaim. Tom recently completed the final book in the series\, Stop and Frisk\, which will be published next year. \nPanelists: \nJeff Cohen\, who also writes as E.J. Copperman\, writes comedies that have mysteries in them. Sometimes they have ghosts. A lot of the time they don’t. He has been a newspaper reporter\, trade magazine editor\, freelance journalist and screenwriter (no credits on IMDb) and mystery novelist. The last one stuck. Jeff is a native New Jerseyan and has never been outside the Garden State for more than two weeks at a time. He has no patience for any form of entertainment that has no sense of humor at all\, and will tell you about that at length if you are foolish enough to ask. Find him on Facebook and at www.ejcopperman.com. \nDawn M. Barclay is an Agatha Award and Lowell Thomas Gold Award-winning author and a Chanticleer finalist. She writes psychological/domestic/romantic suspense as D.M. Barr and nonfiction under her own name. Traditionally published works include seven novels\, three anthologies\, and three nonfiction books\, with several anthologies to be published by White City Press in 2026. The owner of Suggested Development Editing and Book Coaching\, she’s a former acquisition editor for Champagne Book Group\, former editor for Down & Out Books\, and the current editor for Hold Fast Publishing. She is the incoming co-president of Sisters in Crime New York/TriState and a former MWA board member. \nKellye Garrett’s crime fiction novels have been named to Time magazine’s 100 Best Mystery & Thrillers of All Time\, were spotlighted as a $1\,000 clue on Jeopardy\, and have won Agatha\, Anthony\, Lefty\, IPPY\, and ITW Thriller awards. After breaking into publishing with the Detective by Day lightweight mystery series\, she transitioned into standalone suspense with Like A Sister. Her latest\, the Jersey City-set Missing White Woman\, was a Reader’s Digest Book Club pick\, CBS New York Club Calvi selection\, Apple Books Staff Pick\, and Amazon Editors’ Pick. In addition to writing\, Kellye is a cofounder of Crime Writers of Color\, which received the 2023 Raven Award from MWA and Boucheron’s 2024 David Thompson Special Service Award. She’s a New Jersey native.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/library-panel-discussion-creating-a-mystery-novel-building-worlds-and-plotting-twists-and-turns/
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SUMMARY:MWA-NY Hosting First Spring Fling
DESCRIPTION:Spring Fling 2026 \nMWA-NY is hosting its first spring party on Thursday\, June 11. \nGreat memories and new friendships await. \nJoin us as we celebrate the world of mystery. \nSpecial Guest: \nNew York Times bestselling author  \nSusan Elia MacNeal \nIt would be a crime to miss it! \nDeets: \nMWA-NY Spring Fling! \nThursday\, June 11\, 6 – 9 p.m.\nThe Tailor Public House\n505 8th Ave. New York\, NY 10018\nRegistration link: \nhttps://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZC8F25BEMUKJL \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/mwa-ny-hosting-first-spring-fling-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260623T190000
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SUMMARY:NEW YORK MYSTERY AUTHORS TO READ ALOUD JUNE 23
DESCRIPTION:Four authors in the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America (MWA-NY) will read from their work starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday\, June 23m at Bibliotheque in SoHo: \nAndrew Kass is the author of A Woman of Agency\, a feminist Civil War spy thriller from Holand Press. A member of the Historical Novel Society\, he is a reviewer for Historical Novels Review and is awaiting publication of a story accepted by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. \nCarol Binkowski writes mysteries as Caryl Janis. Her most recent books are To Sketch a Killer and Research\nCan Be Murder. She is also a musician and author of nonfiction books on music and history. A member of MWA-\nNY’s Board of Directors\, she will be reading from a work- in-progress. \nDavid Bushman is the author of true crime books\, including Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the\nMystery That Inspired Twin Peaks and Forget It\, Jake\, It’s Schenectady: The True Story Behind ‘The Place Beyond\nthe Pines.’ He serves on the MWA-NY Board of Directors\, and will be reading from his most recent true crime book: New York’s Coldest Cases: Ten Murders That Rocked the Empire State. \nMichael Penncavage’s story “The Cost of Doing Business\, originally appeared in Thuglit\, won the Derringer\nAward for best mystery.  One of his stories\, “The Converts\,” was filmed as a short movie\, while another\, “The\nLandlord” was adapted into a play.  His debut novella\, Person Unknown\, adapted from his screenplay The Phone\nCall\, was also released from All Due Respect Press. He will read from a short story due for publication in Mystery\nTribune magazine. \nBibliotheque is the bookstore/café/restaurant at 54 Mercer St. in SoHo. \nThe next MWA-NY authors’ readings will be held there on Tuesday\, September 29 and Thursday\, October\n29. \nFor more information\, please email info@mwany.org. \n-30-
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/new-york-mystery-authors-to-read-aloud-june-23/
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SUMMARY:Library Panel Discussion: What’s at Stake: Hooking the Reader from Page One
DESCRIPTION:  \nMorristown and Morris County Public Library \nJune 28\, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. \nThis panel is open to MWA members and the public. \nJune 28\n1 Miller Road\, Morristown NJ\, 07960 \nEver wonder how the writer keeps the reader turning pages? Join us for a panel discussion with three authors as they share their secrets for creating high stakes in a story. How do the risks and rewards that their characters confront result in compelling first pages and a pace that won’t let up? \nModerator: \nYvonne Ventresca is an award-winning author with an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her latest thriller\, If I’m Gone\, will be out in spring 2027 from Poisoned Pen Press. Told in a book-within-a-book narrative\, it features a missing author who leaves behind a final manuscript that eerily mirrors her own life as a widow being stalked. Yvonne’s previous work includes the YA novels Pandemic and Black Flowers\, White Lies\, as well as two nonfiction books and nine short stories. She serves on the Mystery Writers of America NY board and mentors through AWP and MWA. You can learn more at her website\, YvonneVentresca.com\, where she blogs about writing productivity and features writing resources. \nPanelists: \nLinda Rawlins is an American writer of mystery fiction best known for her Misty Point Mystery Series. She is also known for her Rocky Meadow Mystery Series as well as two independent novels\, Midnight Shift and Mystery of Heather House. Linda lives in New Jersey with her husband\, family\, and spoiled dog. She loves spending time at the beach and visiting Vermont. She is an active member of Mystery Writers of America. As a member of Sisters in Crime\, Linda was the president of the Central Jersey Chapter for 2022\, 2020\, and 2019\, and the VP in 2018 and 2025. She is an Amazon best seller and is currently working on a new series in addition to her Misty Point Mystery Series. You can connect with Linda at her website: www.lindarawlins.com \nJeff Markowitz is the author of six novels set in and around New Jersey\, including The Other\, a dual-timeline historical about standing up to hate. Jeff spent more than forty years creating community-based programs and services for children and adults with autism before retiring in 2018 to devote more time to writing. Jeff is a past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Monmouth Junction\, NJ\, with his wife\, Carol\, and their rescue cat\, Aeneas. \nAnnamaria Alfieri is the pen name of Patricia King\, graduate of the College of St. Elizabeth\, class of 1963. In 2009 she realized her childhood dream with the publication of her first novel. The Washington Post said\, “As both history and mystery\, City of Silver glitters.” Her critically acclaimed historical mysteries now also include Invisible Country and Blood Tango\, both also set in South America. Her Colonial East Africa series begins in 1911 and now includes Strange Gods\, The Idol of Mombasa\, The Blasphemers\, and A Death on the Lord’s Day. Patricia lives in New York City and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Shakespeare and a past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America \n  \n—
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/library-panel-discussion-whats-at-stake-hooking-the-reader-from-page-one/
LOCATION:Morris County Library\, 30 East Hanover Ave.\, Whippany\, NJ
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