Mystery Writers of America - New York Chapter

Upcoming Literary Event! Plotting Intrigue
2024-05-22 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Maplewood Lubrary Hilton Branch, 1688 Springfield Ave., Maplewood, NJ
May 22 Maplewood Library Hilton Branch 1688 Springfield Ave., Maplewood, NJ
6:30 p.m.
Plotting Intrigue Join us for an exploration into the minds of mystery writers as they unravel the secrets behind crafting captivating plots. Our panel will share their strategies for keeping readers on the edge of their seats. Discover how these authors draw from imagination, real-life events and research to create complex characters and engaging narratives. A Q&A will follow. The event also will feature a networking opportunity for local authors after the discussion.
Moderator: Russ Colchamiro
Panelists: Peggy Erhart; James Hockenberry; Gerri Lewis; Jeff Markowitz

The New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America presents Mystery Authors
2024-05-11 12:00 - 14:00 | NY Public Library East 58th Street, 127 East 58th Street, New York, NY, United States
Mystery authors Cathi Stoler, Elle Hartford, and Gary Cahill read to you from their stories beginning at noon on Saturday, May 11, at the East 58th Street branch of the New York Public Library (127 East 58th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenues). For more information please email: info@mwany.org.

Upcoming Literary Event! It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: How to (and How Not to) start your novel
2024-04-20 11:00 - 12:30 | Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave., Whippany, NJ
April 20 Morris County Library 30 East Hanover Ave. in Whippany, N.J. 11 a.m.
Morris County Library’s Local Author’s Day
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: How to (and How Not ) Start Your Novel
Writers sometimes talk about how they began their novel “in the wrong place” and need to revise accordingly. What on earth do they mean? This workshop and panel discussion with three award-winning mystery authors will help new writers figure out how to draw readers into their story from the first page.
Panelists: Mally Becker, Nev March and Lori Robbins

Upcoming Library Event! Criminal Tendencies: What Makes a 'Good” Villain?
2024-03-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Harlem Public Library 9 West 124th Street
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Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 5:30-6:45 p.m
Location: Harlem Public Library 9 West 124th Street
Topic: Criminal Tendencies: What makes a “good” villain? What are the essential qualities for a villain? How do you delve into a villain’s motivations? Do you try to make the villain sympathetic to the reader? Hear how three mystery authors spin an intriguing tale of villainy.
Moderator: Elizabeth Mannion
Panelists: Catherine Maiorisi, Charles Salzberg, Cathi Stoler
Register here:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2024/03/21/mystery-writers-america-panel-discussion-criminal-tendencies-what-makes

Spotlight Event: Diana Xarissa and Elle Hartford Discussing their work ...
2024-03-05 18:00 - 19:00
ONLINE Member Spotlight on Tuesday March 5 (@6 – 7 pm)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84086502813
Meeting ID: 840 8650 2813
Contact programs@mwany.org
Gary E Ross
Programming Chair, MWA-NY

Manhattan Mystery Readings
2024-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 | 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd St, New York, NY, United States
Bring your friends to the first of our “Manhattan Mystery Readings!”
WHEN: Saturday, March 2, 2024 (@2 – 4 pm)
Meet and greet after book reading & signing.
NEW LOCATION: 53rd St Library, part of The New York Public Library
18 West 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
(Open to the public, so bring your friends!)
Contact Hal@halglatzer.com

Our First Crime Craft Meeting of 2024
2024-02-06 18:00 - 20:00
Our discussion begins Feb 6, at 6 p.m. on Zoom. For the Link check Groups.Io and Member broadcast (email).
Please note: this is a member benefit. If you have not renewed your subscription, please do so at this link:
MWA Membership Application

Winter Revels!
2023-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Bowery Road, 132 4th Avenue, New York, United States
Back by popular demand (always wanted to say that), our annual Holiday Revels will happen Tuesday, December 5, from 6-9:00 pm at the Library of Distilled Spirits, 80 E. 13th Street in NYC.
No program, just passed canapes, wine, beer, soft drinks, and above all, good friends.
The Library is the party space of Bowery Road, entrance at 132 4th Avenue.

Sign up at EventBrite.

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft (crime and sleuthing)
2023-11-07 18:00 - 20:00
This month’s CrimeCraft discussion will center on sleuths and sleuthing. Most (but not all) mysteries require some kind of sleuth to assemble information and clarify what happened. The sleuth can be a police officer, private investigator, lawyer, reporter, writer, teacher, librarian, retiree—the list is endless. What makes a fictitious sleuth effective? Memorable? Unique? Loved or loathed? If you are a sleuth’s creator, what did you consider when developing your character? Whom would you choose to portray your character on stage, screen or television? Join the Zoom here.
Note: CrimeCraft will resume in February and Spotlight meetings in March.

Chapter meeting: Member spotlight on Mally Becker, Russ Colchamiro, Elise Hart Kipness
2023-10-03 18:00 - 20:00
Join the Zoom meeting.

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft, Crime and the City
2023-09-05 18:00 - 20:00
It’s September, time for a Crime Craft discussion. This month’s topic is Crime and the City.
All jokes aside about Cabot Cove, Maine, having the highest murder rate in America, what makes The City—sprawling, mid-size, small—an ideal location for a story about crime? Is it the density? The greater variety in criminal possibilities? The presence of drugs, gangs, guns, the skin trades, businesses that might be crooked, politicians, higher education which may be shady, trafficking of all kinds and endless potential victims? How does a city—small or large, naked or shrouded in secrecy—become a character in a story?
The discussion begins Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. on Zoom.

Member readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2023-08-15 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Seven MWA New York members will be reading on August 15. Come in person to KGB or join us on Zoom.

Chapter meeting: Member spotlight on Tessa Wegert and Michael Bradley
2023-07-11 18:00 - 20:00
Join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 262 805 3239
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft (crime WITHOUT murder)
2023-06-06 18:00 - 20:00
Join the discussion on Zoom.

Chapter meeting: Dinner and talk by marketing guru Eva Lesko Natiello
2023-05-22 17:00 - 22:00 | Slattery’s Midtown Pub, 8 E. 36th Street, New York, NY, United States
Speaker: NY Times bestselling author and marketing dynamo Eva Lesko Natiello at Slattery’s Midtown Pub, 8 E. 36th Street.
Topic: Marketing your book!
Tickets are $35. Price includes appetizers, buffet dinner and desserts. There will be a cash bar
Register at EventBrite.

Member readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2023-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Join us to listen to member readings in person at KGB Bar or online.
Here’s the Zoom link.

The bios of the authors reading:
Joseph Amiel
Joseph Amiel is an internationally best-selling novelist (A Question of Proof, Deeds, Birthright and others), but recently has been writing short stories, some of which are collected in Death Can Delight:A Trio of Murderous Mysteries. He attended Amherst College and Yale Law School, but has not practiced law since the publication of his first novel.
David Bushman
David Bushman is the author of five books, including this year’s Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks (Thomas + Mercer) and Forget It, Jake, It’s Schenectady: The True Story Behind ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (Fayetteville Mafia Press). He spent twenty-five years as a television curator at the Paley Center for Media and before that was a TV editor at Variety. He is also cofounder and editor at Fayetteville Mafia Press, an indie publisher specializing in pop culture, true crime, and sports.
Gary Cahill
Gary Cahill writes short stories revealing themselves from the decidedly shady side of the street. His first effort, That Kind Of Guy, was published as a Black Mask selection in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. His second foray into the dark, Corner Of River And Rain, appeared in Short-Story.Me Genre Fiction and was an editor/publisher nomination for the storySouth Million Writers Award, honoring the best online short stories. Subsequent work has appeared in print, online, and audio formats with Pulp Empire, The First Line Literary Magazine, Pulp Magazine’s print anthology The Kennedy Curse, the fabulous Shotgun Honey, volumes I,II and III, the ahead of it’s time podcast, and the print omnibus of the lamented Plan B Magazine, and a featured cover story of rampant nefarity in Manhattan’s Chinatown and at a Cape Cod beach with Mystery Magazine, among other venues.He is currently prepping for an assortment of baking and cooking faceoffs, and is hoping to present as gritty, funny, horrific, and poetic in his victory, and/or concession, speeches.He can be found as a full-time staff member at the Weehawken N.J. Public Library, and hanging out at an Upside Pizza near you.
T.M. Dunn
PATRICIA DUNN, aka T.M. DUNN, is author of Her Father’s Daughter, a psychological thriller (Crooked Lane Books, July 18, 2023), Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire), and Last Stop on the 6 (Bordighera Press). Dunn has served as Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where she holds an MFA in creative writing. She teaches and coaches aspiring and established writers. Dunn lives in Stamford, Connecticut where she is currently working on her next novel, with her rescue puppy Blanqui snuggled at her side.
Teel James Glenn
Teel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times–on stage and screen, as he has traveled the world for forty-plus years as a stuntman, swordmaster, storyteller, bodyguard, actor, and haunted house barker. He is proud to have studied sword under Errol Flynn’s last Stunt double and been beaten up by Hawk on Spenser for Hire TV show. He has published dozens of novels and his poetry and stories have been printed in over two hundred magazines including Weird Tales, Mystery, Pulp Adventures, Blazing Adventures and Sherlock Holmes Mystery. His novel A Cowboy in Carpathia: A Bob Howard Adventure won best novel 2021 in the Pulp Factory Award. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author. And he was a finalist for the Derringer short mystery award in 2022. and his novel “Callback for a Corpse” was a second place winner in the CWR Poll as best mystery.
A.J. Sidransky
A.J. Sidransky writes about ordinary people faced with extraordinary situations and events. His work has been well received by both readers and reviewers. Genres include mystery, thriller, and historical fiction. His work has been described as mystery wrapped in history and tied in a bow with a little romance. His publish works include, Forgiving Maximo Rothman, The Interpreter, and Stealing a Summer’s Afternoon. His next book, Incident at San Miguel, a thriller set during the Cuban Revolution will be released in May 2023. His name is pronounced Sid-RAN-ski. His preferred pronouns are he/him/his.

Chapter meeting: Member spotlight on Bernett, Weisfeld and Salzberg
2023-05-02 18:00 - 20:00
Three chapter members step into the Spotlight to discuss their work and join in a Q&A session. Daniella Bernett, Vicki Weisfeld and Charles Salzberg.
Click the Zoom link to join.

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft (historical crime)
2023-04-04 18:00 - 20:00
Gary Earl Ross leads the discussion. Click to join the meeting.

Chapter meeting: Member spotlight on Cioffari, Faherty and Glenn
2023-03-07 18:00 - 20:00
Join the monthly membership meeting via Zoom.
Three members will be in the spotlight: Philip Cioffari, JG Faherty and Teel James Glenn.

After tending to chapter business, we will have brief presentations by, and a discussion among, members Philip Cioffari, JG Faherty and Teel James Glenn. Discussion of their work will be followed by Q&A.

Member readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2023-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
There are five reader spots left for the February MWA-NY readings at the KGB Bar.
Those interested contact ajsidranskyauthor@gmail.com.
You get six to eight minutes to dazzle with your latest or greatest—your choice. Bring yourself and an audience!
This calendar item will be updated with the Zoom link.

Chapter meeting: Meet the new board
2023-01-24 17:00 - 18:30
Happy New Year, all!

Let’s start 2023 by thanking our outgoing board members and welcoming our new board.

Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. to hear about our plans for the year.

Hint: we’re planning more in-person events while maintaining our Zoom presence for the benefit of chapter members outside the immediate New York City area.

Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2022-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Our next reading event at KGB Bar is coming up.
Join us to listen to the readings in person or online:
Where: KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., NY 10003
Attend virtually: Register in advance for this event.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Winter Revels!
2022-12-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Bowery Road, 132 4th Avenue, New York, United States
The calendar says we’re mid-fall, but your tireless chapter board has been working on plans for our Winter Revels. Our annual holiday party takes place in early December and this year we have found a new venue: Bowery Road, 132 4th Avenue, just south of Union Square in New York. (To take a peek, visit https://www.boweryroad.com/). Join us on Thursday, December 1, from 6-9 p.m. for canapés, an open bar (alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks), and of course socializing with good friends.

Winter Revels
Date: December 1, 2022.
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Venue: Bowery Road, 132 4th Avenue, NYC.
Cost: $50 per person.
How to book: Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
Hurry! Registration closes on Wednesday, November 23, so we can give the venue a final count.

Can’t wait to see you and celebrate!

Chapter Meeting: Where Will Crime Head in the Next Decade
2022-11-02 18:30 - 20:00
Save the date: More details to follow soon.

Chapter Meeting: True Crime as Inspiration
2022-10-12 18:00 - 20:00
Hear updates on our chapter’s efforts, and then join fellow members for a lively discussion: True Crime as Inspiration—What Real Crimes Have Caught Your Imagination?
Join the meeting virtually.

Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2022-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Our next reading event at KGB Bar is coming up, and reading slots are still open.
Share your work with your peers, friends and family.
Reach out to our organizer, AJ Sidransky at ajsidranskyauthor.com, if you’d like to claim a slot. You must read your own work—something old or new, not borrowed, but it can be ‘blue’ or any color you like.
Join us to listen to the readings in person or online:
Where: KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., NY 10003
Attend virtually: Register in advance for this meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Chapter meeting: Mix and Mingle Brunch
2022-06-11 12:00 - 14:00 | The Playwright Irish Pub, 27 West 35th St., New York, NY, United States
Registration is now open for our member luncheon. Join us at The Playwright Irish Pub in NYC. Register here.

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft discussion thickens the plot
2022-05-04 18:00 - 20:00
Register here.

Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
2022-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
MWA NY Chapter members will read their work at KGB Bar. The event will also be live via Zoom. There are openings available to read. Interested members, let us know at aj@ajsidransky.com.

Chapter meeting: Crime Craft group convo on plotting
2022-04-06 18:00 - 20:00
The next chapter meeting will feature the second in the new series of Crime Craft discussions, this time on the theme of “C’mon Baby, Twist and Plot: Filling and Using the Idea Well.” The event is free but registration is required.
