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SUMMARY:Reading and Mingling in Soho
DESCRIPTION:  \nYou asked\, we delivered! For all of you asking for more in-person events\, come check out our get-together for authors and friends of mysteries in fact and fiction at our exciting new location\, Bibliotheque (54 Mercer Street\, NYC)\, at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday\, March 31. \nReaders: \nJeffrey Somers \nElizabeth Crowens \nJames McCrone \nLori Robbins \nGary Cahill
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/reading-and-mingling-in-soho/
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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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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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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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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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DESCRIPTION:(MWA) Panel: “Creating Unforgettable Characters” In-Person \nJoin us for an inb-person Mystery Writers of America (MWA)-NY Panel discussion on Monday\, Monday 18\, at the Tredyffrin Library in Strafford\, PA. The topic is “Creating Unforgettable Characters.” Details below. See you there for a fun evening! \n“Creating Unforgettable Characters” \nAt 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? Come find out Monday\, May 18! \nBios of Panel \nMichael Bradley (moderator) 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.” \nJohn Dobbyn (panel member): 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 (panel member): 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 (panel member): 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 iterature 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. \nRegistration is required.  Adults 18+. \nThis program fulfills PA Forward’s Civic and Social Literacy: “The ability to positively impact the community\, engage in respectful discussions\, understand civic roles and responsibilities\, participate in community activities\, and drive positive change.” \nRegistration is required.  Adults 18+. \nThis program fulfills PA Forward’s Civic and Social Literacy: “The ability to positively impact the community\, engage in respectful discussions\, understand civic roles and responsibilities\, participate in community activities\, and drive positive change.” \nDate:\nMonday\, May 18\, 2026\nTime:\n5:00pm – 6:30pm\nTime Zone:\nEastern Time – US & Canada (change)\nLocation:\nKing Meeting Room\nChester County Library System:\nTredyffrin Library\nAudience:\nAdults\nCategories:\nAdults     Arts & Culture     Civic & Social \nRegistration is required (scroll to the bottom of the page) There are 35 seats available.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/7197/
LOCATION:Tredyffrin Library\, 582 Upper Gulph Rd.\, Strafford\, Pennsylvnia\, 19087\, United States
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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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