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SUMMARY:Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members Gloria J. Browne-Marshall\, Lori Duffy Foster\, Jane Kelly\, Lucy Kirk\, Ed Leahy\, S. Lee Manning and Gary Earl Ross. Albert Tucher is the host for the evening. \nThe event will stream live on the MWA-NY Facebook page. ALL MWA New York virtual events are free. \nPlease remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at your local indie bookstore. \n\nHockessin Bookshop\nKew and Willow Books\nCloak and Dagger\n\nGloria J. Browne-Marshall \nGloria J. Browne-Marshall is an award-winning author\, attorney\, producer\, playwright\, radio/podcast host and a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College. Gloria has provided commentary for CBS\, CNN\, ABC\, MSNBC and C-Span and radio commentary for BBC America\, NPR and WVON. She is also the host of a weekly one-hour radio program\, “Law of the Land\,” on WBAI. Most recently\, the Pulitzer Center’s Law and Justice Group awarded a grant to her for her play “SHOT-Caught a Soul.” Gloria has written many books\, including “She Took Justice: The Black Woman\, Law\, and Power\,” “The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice” and “Race\, Law\, and American Society: 1607 to Present.” She is also the recipient of honors such as the NAACP Ethel Lawrence Trailblazer Award\, the Malcolm X Award from NAKO and many more! To learn more\, visit www.browne-marshall.com. \nLori Duffy Foster \nLori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes from the hills of northern Pennsylvania\, where she lives with her husband and four children. Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon and in the anthologies “Short Story America” and “Childhood Regained.” Her nonfiction has appeared in several magazines\, including Healthy Living\, Running Times\, Literary Mama\, Crimespree and Mountain Home. “A Dead Man’s Eyes\,” the first in the Lisa Jamison mystery/suspense series\, is her debut novel. Book two in the series\, “Never Broken\,” and her thriller\, “Never Let Go\,” will come out from Level Best Books in 2022. She is also author of “Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years.” Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of America\, Sisters in Crime\, the Historical Novel Society and Pennwriters. She also sits on the board of the Knoxville (Penn.) Public Library. Visit her at www.loriduffyfoster.com. \nJane Kelly \nJane Kelly is a native of Philadelphia close to the Jersey Shore settings of the Meg Daniels mysteries from Plexus Publishing. Her fifth\, “Greetings from Ventnor City\,” was published in January 2020. She is also the author of the independently published “Widow Lady Mysteries” and “Writing in Time Mysteries.” Jane has an M.S. from Drexel University in library and information science and an M.Phil. in popular literature from Trinity College\, Dublin\, which she earned as a very mature student in 2008. Jane is past-president of the Delaware Valley chapter of Sisters in Crime and currently lives in the Philadelphia area. \nLucy Kirk \nLucy Kirk is a retired CIA operations officer and former chief of station. She spent more than three decades working in the CIA on assignments both in the U.S. and abroad. She focused on the USSR and post-Soviet Russia\, an area of the world considered most significant to the national security interests of the United States. She currently teaches courses on espionage and the Cold War in New York City. \nEd Leahy \nEd Leahy was a finalist for the 2018 Freddie Award for Writing Excellence in Mysteries for Past Grief under the title “Bury the Past.” He’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers and he’s been published by New York Teacher Magazine. He’s a retired international issue specialist for the IRS with investigative experience. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in government and politics with a concentration in constitutional law. He serves on the board of directors of AHRC-NYC\, an agency that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities. \nS. Lee Manning \nS. Lee Manning spent two years as an editor on Law Enforcement Communications before realizing that lawyers make a lot more money. A subsequent career spanned from the white-shoe firm of Cravath\, Swaine & Moore to working for the State of New Jersey to solo practice. From 2001 to 2007\, Manning chaired New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty\, writing articles and appearing on local radio and television in the years leading up to its abolition in the state. An award winning short story writer\, Manning’s debut thriller\, “Trojan Horse\,” reflects her lifelong interest in Russia and espionage. Her second in the series\, “Nerve Attack\,” will be debuting in September 2021. Manning currently lives in Vermont with her husband and two cats and is looking forward to the end of the pandemic and visits with her son in New Jersey and daughter in Los Angeles. \nGary Earl Ross \nGary Earl Ross is a retired University at Buffalo professor. His books include “The Wheel of Desire\,” “Shimmerville\,” “Blackbird Rising\,” “Beneath the Ice” and the Gideon Rimes mysteries “Nickel City Blues\,” “Nickel City Crossfire” and “Nickel City Storm Warning.” His plays (staged in Buffalo\, Rochester\, Knoxville\, New York and other U.S. cities; Kamsack and Battlefords\, Saskatchewan\, Canada; London\, West Sussex and Manchester\, England; Shanghai\, China; Manipal and Lucknow\, India; and Almaty\, Kazakhstan) include “Picture Perfect\,” “The Best Woman\,” “Murder Squared\,” “The Scavenger’s Daughter\,” “The Mark of Cain\,” “The Guns of Christmas\,” “The Trial of Trayvon Martin” and “Matter of Intent\,” winner of the 2006 Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America. Both “The Scavenger’s Daughter” and “Matter of Intent” have been adapted into transliterated motion pictures by CITOC Productions of Mumbai\, India. Visit him at www.garyearlross.net.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/virtual-crime-fiction-reading-series-3/
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SUMMARY:Spotlight on Hudson Valley chapter meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 3 for the third in a series of Zoom chapter meetings highlighting the states and regions of the New York chapter. The March meeting will feature a panel of four Hudson Valley writers discussing the use of location and atmosphere in their fiction as well as their other techniques they’ve developed for crafting an engaging mystery. \n\n\n\n\nD. M. Barr\nCarol Goodman\nEmily Naymark\nRich Zahradnik\nModerated by Nancy Bilyeau\n\n\n\n\nThe event will stream on the MWA New York Facebook page. All our virtual events are free. \n\n\n\nPlease remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at one of the following links or at your local indie bookstore. \n\n\n\n\nHockessin Bookshop\nKew and Willow Books\nCloak and Dagger\n\n\n\n\nD.M.Barr \n\n\n\nA former travel trade journalist and Realtor\, D.M. Barr penned her debut novel\, the satiric and kinky psychological thriller “Expired Listings” to warn fellow agents and the public of the dangers of residential resale. In 2020\, Barr released the domestic suspense novel\, “Saving Grace: A Psychological Thriller.” The current president of Hudson Valley RWA\, Barr is a member of MWA\, ITW and the programming chair on the board of Sisters in Crime/NY-Tri-State. \n\n\n\nCarol Goodman \n\n\n\nCarol Goodman is the author of 22 novels\, including “The Seduction of Water\,” which won the 2003 Hammett Prize; “The Widow’s House\,” which won the 2018 Mary Higgins Clark Award\, and “The Night Visitors\,” which won the 2020 Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her books have been translated into 16 languages. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family and teaches literature and writing at The New School and SUNY New Paltz. Her latest novel is “The Sea of Lost Girls.” \n\n\n\nEmilya Naymark \n\n\n\nEmilya Naymark’s debut novel\, “Hide In Place\,” was published in February 2021 by Crooked Lane. Her short stories appear in the Harper Collins anthology “A Stranger Comes to Town\,” “Secrets in the Water\,” “After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift\,” “River River Journal\,” “Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017” and “1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY.” She has a degree in fine art\, and her artworks have been published in numerous magazines and books. \n\n\n\nRich Zahradnik \n\n\n\n“Lights Out Summer\,” the fourth book in Rich Zahradnik’s Coleridge Taylor Mystery series\, won the 2018 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Private Eye Novel. “A Black Sail” was named best mystery in the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. He was born in Poughkeepsie\, worked his first newspaper job in Peekskill and lives in Pelham\, where he teaches kids how to write news stories and publish newspapers. He is on the board of the New York chapter of MWA. \n\n\n\nNancy Bilyeau \n\n\n\nNancy Bilyeau\, who moved with her family to the Hudson Valley in August 2020\, is the author of the 2019 historical mystery “Dreamland\,” set in turn of the century Coney Island\, and four other historical novels. She is a magazine editor and writer who currently works at the Center for Media\, Crime and Justice at John Jay College.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/spotlight-on-hudson-valley-chapter-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members Annamaria Alfieri\, ​Ann Aptaker\, Teel James Glenn\, Leanna Renee Hieber\, Emilya Naymark and Erica Obey. \nThe event will stream live on the MWA Facebook page. ALL our virtual events are free.Please remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at your local indie bookstore. \n\nHockessin Bookshop\nKew and Willow Books\nCloak and Dagger\n\nAnnamaria Alfieri \nAnnamaria Alfieri is the pen name of Patricia King. Her first three historical mysteries are set in South America at different times and places. Of her debut\, The Washington Post said\, “As both history and mystery\, ‘City of Silver’ glitters.” Library Journal said\, “History comes alive under Alfieri’s sure hand.” Alfieri’s current series\, set in British East Africa\, begins in 1911. The Richmond Times-Dispatch described her “Strange Gods” as having “the flair of Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham\, the cunning of Agatha Christie and Elspeth Huxley.” “The Idol of Mombasa” and “The Blasphemers” have followed. Her work in progress\, “La Magica.” is set in Sicily in 1692. Patricia is a past president of MWA-NY. \nAnn Aptaker \nNative New Yorker Ann Aptaker’s Cantor Gold crime/mystery series has won Lambda Literary and Goldie awards. Her short stories have appeared in two editions of the crime anthology Fedora\, Switchblade Magazine’s Stiletto Heeled issue\, the “Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir” crime anthology and will appear in an upcoming issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine. She is one of six authors invited to provide a novella for the second season of Down & Out Books’ Guns & Tacos series. Her flash fiction\, “A Night In Town\,” appeared in the online zine Punk Soul Poet\, and another flash fiction\, “Rockin’ Dyke Roll\,” is featured in the Goldie award-winning anthology “Our Happy Hours: LGBT Voices From The Gay Bars.” When not writing or indulging in her passion for art\, there’s nothing Ann likes better than the pleasures of ice cream and old movies. \nTeel James Glenn \nTeel 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\, illustrator\, storyteller\, bodyguard\, actor and haunted house barker. He appeared on all the New York soap operas\, “Spenser for Hire” and in more movies that show up on Showtime and Cinemax then he wants to admit. His stories have been printed in over a hundred magazines including Weird Tales\, Mystery Weekly\, Pulp Adventures\, Spinetingler\, Mad\, Fantasy Tales\, Cirsova\, Sherlock Holmes Mystery and Blazing Adventures. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author.\nHis website is: TheUrbanSwashbuckler.com \nLeanna Renee Hieber \nLeanna Renee Hieber is an actress\, playwright\, ghost-tour guide and the award-winning\, bestselling author of gothic\, gaslamp fantasy novels for Tor and Kensington Books such as the “Strangely Beautiful\,” “Magic Most Foul\,” “Eterna Files” and “The Spectral City” series. “A Haunted History of Invisible Women\,” Leanna’s first foray into non-fiction\, focusing on women’s narratives in haunted houses and ghost stories\, will release in 2022 from Kensington. Her work has won four Prism awards and has been included in numerous notable anthologies such as “Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells” (Tor)\, and her books have been translated into many languages. She crafts unique gothic and steampunk accessories for Torch and Arrow and works as a ghost-tour guide for Manhattan’s Boroughs of the Dead. Hieber has been featured in film and television on shows like “Mysteries at the Museum.” For writers’ resources\, free reads and more visit: http://leannareneehieber.com \nEmilya Naymark \nEmilya Naymark’s debut novel “Hide In Place” is out Feb. 9 from Crooked Lane Books. Her short stories appear in the Harper Collins anthology “A Stranger Comes to Town\,” “Secrets in the Water\,” “After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift\,” “River River Journal\,” “Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017” and “1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY.” She has a degree in fine art\, and her artworks have been published in numerous magazines and books. When not writing\, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers\, suspense and crime fiction. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family. \nErica Obey \nErica Obey pursued an academic career specializing in 19th-century women folklorists before she decided she’d rather be writing the stories herself. She is the author of five novels—including the award-winning “The Curse of the Braddock Brides\,” as well as “Dazzlepaint.” Erica currently serves as the president of the MWA-NY chapter.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/virtual-crime-fiction-reading-series-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Reading Series
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SUMMARY:Spotlight on New Jersey chapter meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Feb. 10 for the second in a series of Zoom chapter meetings highlighting the states and regions of the New York Chapter. The February meeting will feature a panel of New Jersey writers. Award-winning author of crime fiction R.G. Belsky moderates a discussion with novelist Mally Becker\, award-winning author Jeff Markowitz and award-winning short-story writer and novelist Victoria Weisfeld. Read about our authors below. \n\n\n\nThe event will stream on the MWA New York Facebook page. ALL our virtual events are free. \n\n\n\nPlease remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at one of the following links or at your local indie bookstore: \n\n\n\n\nHockessin Bookshop\nKew and Willow Books\nCloak and Dagger\n\n\n\n\nMally Becker \n\n\n\nMally Becker became fascinated with the American Revolution when she peeked into the past as a volunteer at the Morristown National Historical Park\, where George Washington and the Continental Army spent the worst winter of the war. A former attorney\, advocate for foster children and freelance writer\, Mally lives with her husband in Warren Township\, where they raised their son. She is a prior recipient of the Leon B. Burstein/MWA-NY Scholarship for Mystery Writing. “The Turncoat’s Widow\,” which will be published on Feb. 16 by Level Best Books\, is her first novel. \n\n\n\nJeff Markowitz \n\n\n\nJeff Markowitz is the author of five mysteries\, including the award-winning dark comedy\, “Death and White Diamonds.” His new book\, “Hit or Miss\,” was released in December. Part detective story\, part historical fiction\, part coming of age story\, “Hit or Miss” is an Amazon Hot New Release in political fiction. Jeff is past president of the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America. \n\n\n\nVicki Weisfeld \n\n\n\nVicki Weisfeld’s short stories have appeared in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine\, Mystery Weekly\, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Pulp Modern. Find her work in the anthologies “Busted: Arresting Stories from the Beat\,” “Seascapes: Best New England Crime Stories\,” “Murder Among Friends\,” “Passport to Murder\,” “The Best Laid Plans\,” “Quoth the Raven” and “Sherlock Holmes in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.” Her novel\, tentatively titled “Four Proofs of Courage\,” is under contract with Black Opal Books. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime\, Mystery Writers of America\, the Short Mystery Fiction Society\, which awarded “Breadcrumbs” a best short story Derringer in 2017\, and the Public Safety Writers Association\, which gave a similar award to “Who They Are Now” in 2020. She reviews New Jersey theater for TheFrontRowCenter.com and books for the UK website\, crimefictionlover.com. Online: www.vweisfeld.com. \n\n\n\nR.G. Belsky – Moderator \n\n\n\nR.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery\, “The Last Scoop\,” was published in May by Oceanview. It is the third in a series featuring Clare Carlson\, the news director for a New York City TV station. The first book\, “Yesterday’s News\,” was named Best Mystery of 2018 at Deadly Ink. The second\, “Below The Fold\,” won the Foreward INDIES award for Best Mystery of 2019. The next Clare Carlson mystery\, “Beyond The Headlines\,” will be published in May. Belsky has published 14 novels—and also has had a long career in the media as a top editor at the New York Post\, New York Daily News\, Star magazine and NBC News. He also writes thrillers under the name Dana Perry. And he is a contributing editor for The Big Thrill magazine.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/spotlight-on-new-jersey-chapter-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting
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SUMMARY:Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members R. G. Belsky\, Daniella Bernett\, Nancy A. Hughes\, Jeff Markowitz\, Lisa Regan\, Mary Jo Robertiello and A J Sidransky. \nAll our virtual events are free and streamed on our Facebook page. \nPlease remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at these or your local indie bookstore: \n\nHockessin Bookshelf\nKew & Willow\nCloak & Dagger\n\nR.G. Belsky \nR.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery\, “The Last Scoop\,” was published in May by Oceanview. It is the third in a series featuring Clare Carlson\, the news director for a New York City TV station. The first book\, “Yesterday’s News\,” was named Best Mystery of 2018 at Deadly Ink. The second\, “Below The Fold\,” won the Foreward INDIES award for Best Mystery of 2019. The next Clare Carlson mystery\, “Beyond The Headlines\,” will be published in May. Belsky has published 14 novels—and also has had a long career in the media as a top editor at the New York Post\, New York Daily News\, Star magazine and NBC News. He also writes thrillers under the name Dana Perry. And he is a contributing editor for The Big Thrill magazine. \nDaniella Bernett \nDaniella Bernett is a member of the Mystery Writers of America New York Chapter and the International Thriller Writers. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in journalism from St. John’s University. “Lead Me Into Danger\,” “Deadly Legacy\,” “From Beyond The Grave\,” “A Checkered Past\,” “When Blood Runs Cold” and “Old Sins Never Die” are the books in the Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon mystery series. She also is the author of two poetry collections\, “Timeless Allure” and “Silken Reflections.” In her professional life\, she is the research manager for a nationally prominent engineering\, architectural and construction management firm. Daniella is currently working on Emmeline and Gregory’s next adventure. Visit www.daniellabernett.com or follow her on Facebook or on Goodreads. \nNancy A. Hughes \nNancy A. Hughes writes character-driven\, crime-solving mysteries. A Penn State graduate\, she followed her dream from a journalistic business writer career to a life of crime—fiction\, that is. Her amateur sleuth/suspense mystery novels\, published by Black Opal Books since 2016\, include two series: “The Dying Hour” and its sequel\, “The Innocent Hour;” and her Trust trilogy: “A Matter of Trust\,” “Redeeming Trust” and “Vanished.” A sixth novel is anticipated in 2021. Service to her community is a steadfast commitment\, serving as a VA and reading hospital volunteer. She lives with her husband in wooded south-central Pennsylvania and is a devoted shade gardener. She’s a member of MWA\, ITW\, Sisters in Crime and Penn Writers. \nJeff Markowitz \nJeff Markowitz is the author of five mysteries\, including the award-winning dark comedy\, “Death and White Diamonds.” His new book\, “Hit or Miss\,” was released in December. Part detective story\, part historical fiction\, part coming-of-age story\, “Hit or Miss” is an Amazon Hot New Release in political fiction. Jeff is past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. \nLisa Regan \nLisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series\, as well as several other crime fiction titles. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and master’s of education degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband\, daughter and her Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip. \nMary Jo Robertiello \n
I haunt cemeteries. Being a mystery writer\, I’m in love with the unfathomable. What’s more unfathomable than death and how people meet it? I live in my hometown\, New York City. I love its change of seasons\, its architecture\, its skyline\, its buzz\, its food\, its ethnic\, age\, sexual orientation\, capitalist\, socialist mix. Should I go on? It’s all in my police procedurals\, “The Lemrow Mystery” and “Graphic Lessons\,” as well as my website where I write a weekly blog\, NY MYSTERIES. I attend a liberal church\, am a member of a left wing political group\, belong to a conservative social club and did part-time work in a museum that was founded by a staunch capitalist. Go figure! Maybe having had a socialist father and social climbing mother has something to do with it. \nA J Sidransky \nA J Sidransky has published four novels since 2013. The National Jewish Book Awards selected his first novel\, “Forgiving Maximo Rothman\,” as a finalist in Outstanding Debut Fiction in 2013. Next Generation Indie Book Awards selected “Stealing a Summer’s Afternoon” as a finalist for Best Second Novel in 2015. “Forgiving Mariela Camacho\,” his third work\, received the David Award\, awarded by Deadly Ink! Writer’s Conference for Best Mystery of 2016. His next work\, “The Interpreter\,” was released March 28. It was shortlisted by Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Historical Fiction 2020. “Forgiving Stephen Redmond\,” the final chapter in the Forgiving Series\, will be released in January. A J Sidransky lives in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan with his wife. He is a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker\, born in the Bronx and a life-long Yankees fan.
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SUMMARY:Virtual REVELS Dec. 16!
DESCRIPTION:Our virtual party this year features games\, prizes\, flash fiction and drink recipes to enjoy from the comfort of home! \n\n\n\nThis season\, members are invited to our Winter Revels\, a free and entirely virtual way to celebrate with your mystery community. With chances to submit flash fiction\, submit mystery-inspired drinks recipes and play games\, the event holds lots to reward you for a long year! \n\n\n\nTo join: This virtual event will be streamed via Facebook Live. Make sure you follow MWA-New York on Facebook or you may not catch the stream. \n\n\n\nAhead of the event\, we are also seeking your creative participation by Dec. 7 for: \n\n\n\n\nmystery-themed cocktails\nplaying and solving some fiendish games\nflash fiction (100 words max)\nprize donations such as eBooks\n\n\n\n\nSend us your theme cocktails: What would your favorite fictional sleuth (or villain) drink? Whether in a story you’ve written\, or in a favorite read of yours\, let us know what they’d imbibe! Send us the recipe\, and include a photo of the drink if you can. We’ll put several of them together in a MWA Revels Drink Booklet\, and our mixologist for this event\, Sharon Linnéa (author of “The Bartender’s Guide to Murder” series) will demonstrate how to make several of them during the festivities. Virgin cocktail recipes happily accepted. Send your entry to revels@mwany.org with the subject line Revels Drink by Dec. 7. More details here. Cheers! \n\n\n\nPlay some reindeer games: How trivial is your mind? Find out with these five trivia games designed especially for MWA-NY by member Erik Arneson (also the author of “How to Host a Game Night”). Match classic novels to their publication dates! Decipher the titles of recent Edgar winners. Deduce which answers are lies in the Half Truth round. Sort the Edgar nominees from presidential assassins and pro wrestlers! And try your hand at identifying television cops and detectives! Play ahead of the event by visiting this link. Send us your answers by Dec. 7 to revels@mwany.org. All correct entries will be entered in a raffle for donated eBooks. (The more points you earn\, the more entries you get!) \n\n\n\nSubmit your flash fiction!: We are accepting entries of no more than 100 words in response to the prompt: “Marley was dead.” Selected pieces will be read aloud by our host\, MWA New York’s own Joseph Goodrich. Send to revels@mwany.org by Dec. 7. \n\n\n\nTreat someone to a book!: Please consider donating eBooks or other easy-to-send raffle prizes. Let us know at revels@mwany.org. We will select winners’ names at Revels so you can handle fulfillment by email.
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SUMMARY:KGB Virtual Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members. Jason Aaron\, Doug Harrell\, Don Helin\, Nikhil Iyengar\, Sharon Linnea\, Catherine Maiorisi\, Nev March\, Paul Vidich. More details appear below. You can watch via the MWA-NY Facebook page.\nPlease remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at one of the following links or at your local indie bookstore. \n\nHockessin Bookshelf \nKew & Willow \nCloak & Dagger\n\nJesse Aaron \nJesse Aaron served as a police officer in New York City and Connecticut. He has also worked as a stand-up comedian\, voice-over artist\, and radio jock. He currently resides in New York and is at work on his second book\, “One Last Round\,” which tells the story of a P.I. with terminal stomach cancer working on his last case. \nDouglas Harrell \nDouglas Harrell is a recovering engineer who has taken up mystery writing as a second career. He lives in Delaware\, and has had four stories published in anthologies put out by Cat & Mouse Press. He loves weaving history and local lore into his stories\, the most recent of which involves gangsters and art collecting on the Delmarva peninsula during Prohibition. Entitled “Hiawatha’s Smile\,” it is in the collection Beach Mysteries. He is currently hard at work on a novel\, but if he told you what it is about\, you would have to be the next victim. Visit him at www.douglasharrell.com. \nDon Helin \nDuring his time in the military\, Don Helin served at a number of stateside posts as well as overseas in Vietnam and Germany. He is the author of seven thrillers that draw from his military experience\, including three tours in the Pentagon. He writes for TheBurg\, a community magazine based in Harrisburg. His novel\, “Secret Assault\,” was selected as the Best Suspense/Thriller at the 2015 Indie Book Awards. His novel\, “Long Walk Home\,” won a Five Star review at Readers Favorite Awards and his latest novel\, “Roof of the World\,” was just awarded a Finalist in the 2020 Indie Book Awards. You can reach Don at: www.donhelin.com. \nNikhil Iyengar \nNikhil Iyengar’s debut short film “Borrowed Time” (Writer/Director) premiered at the MIAAC Film Festival in New York. He was a Top 5 Winner of the Avex Digital International short film contest\, a finalist at the Austin Film Festival pitch competition\, and a second rounder in the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. His crime-fiction short story “Killer App” was published in Mystery Tribune. An avid traveller\, he has visited over thirty countries across five continents and backpacked to two Olympics. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and lives in New York City. \nSharon Linnéa \nSharon Linnéa is the author of the bestselling Eden thrillers with Chaplain (COL) Barbara Sherer from St. Martin’s\, which follow the exploits of female Army chaplain Jaime Richards. Her biography of Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii won the Carter G. Woodson Award and her biography of Raoul Wallenberg was described as “one of the definitive biographies of the Holocaust” by the Museum of Tolerance. She wrote the teen spy novel “Colt Shore: Domino 29” as Axel Avian and the Hollywood mystery “These Violent Delights.” Sharon has been a book editor at William Morrow\, Arundel and Taplinger and an editor at three national magazines\, as well as a celebrity ghost. In her youth she wrote “Spidey Super Stories” for Marvel. “Death in Tranquility\,” the first in the Bartender’s Guide to Murder series\, came out in September. The second\, “Death by Gravity” launched this month. \nCatherine Maiorisi \nCatherine Maiorisi lives in New York City. In the old days she often wrote under the watchful eye of Edgar Allan Poe in Edgar’s Café on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Now she writes in her apartment. Catherine is the author of the NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli mystery series featuring Corelli and her reluctant partner\, Detective P.J. Parker. These two tough women fight each other and stand against the blue wall while solving high profile crimes. The first two books in the series\, “A Matter of Blood” and “The Blood Runs Cold” were Lambda Literary Award finalists. The third\, “A Message in Blood\,” will be published in January 2021. Catherine has also published three mystery short stories\, four full-length romances and three romance short stories. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Visit Catherine at www.catherinemaiorisi.com. \nNev March \nAuthor Nev March is the recent winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America Award for Best First Crime Fiction. In 2015\, after a long career in business analysis\, she returned to her passion of writing fiction and now teaches creative writing at Rutgers-Osher Institute. A Parsee Zoroastrian herself\, Nev lives in New Jersey with her husband and two sons. “Murder in Old Bombay: is her debut novel. Available in bookstores Nov. 10\,” Murder in Old Bombay” can be pre-ordered on Amazon. \nPaul Vidich \nPaul Vidich was a senior executive in the entertainment industry for over twenty years. He turned to writing full time after leaving his business career. His third novel\, “The Coldest Warrior\,” was published in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Staunch Book Prize. His first two novels\, “An Honorable Man” and “The Good Assassin\,” were published in the U.S.\, Ireland\, Great Britain\, India and Australia in 2016 and 2017 through Simon and Schuster. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Wall Street Journal\, LitHub\, CrimeReads\, Fugue\, The Nation and elsewhere. His short story\, “Falling Girl\,” was nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize. Currently\, he serves as vice chairman of board of governors of The New School For School Research in New York City.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/kgb-virtual-reading-2/
CATEGORIES:KGB Virtual Reading
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SUMMARY:Spotlight on PA: 1st in series highlighting chapter regions
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Nov. 11 for the first in a series of Zoom chapter meetings that shine a spotlight on members that\, because of geographic location\, find it difficult to attend meetings in New York. The November meeting features three notable authors from the states of Pennsylvania. And\, we do mean states. John Vercher won accolades for his first novel set in Pittsburgh. USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Lisa Regan writes a series set in the center of the state. Multiple award-winning author Merry Jones lives in Philadelphia and has written over twenty books: thrillers\, non-fiction and humor. The panel members who write about Pennsylvania and in Pennsylvania will discuss the challenges shared by authors writing about less-familiar locales as they relate to all aspects of their writing. The conversation will also address building writing communities outside of publishing centers like New York. \nThe event will be streaming live on our Facebook page. \nPlease click here to let us know if you’ll be coming. \nMerry Jones \nMerry Jones is the multiple award-winning author of over twenty books—thrillers\, non-fiction and humor. Her latest\, THE WOMAN IN THE CUPBOARD\, came out in late September. Jones is a member of Mystery Writers of America\, The Authors Guild\, International Thriller Writers and The Liars Club\, with whom she co-hosts a weekly podcast (The Oddcast) and a monthly writers coffeehouse. An avid rower\, she lives with her husband in Philadelphia. \nLisa Regan \nLisa Regan is the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series\, as well as several other crime fiction titles. Her novels have been translated into several other languages. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband\, daughter and her Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip. She is a member of International Thriller Writers\, Mystery Writers of America\, Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers Association. She is currently under contract to write a total of twenty Detective Josie Quinn novels. Book number ten in the series\, BREATHE YOUR LAST\, releases on Dec. 9. \nJohn Vercher \nJohn Vercher is a writer currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He has a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program and served as an adjunct faculty member at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. John’s debut novel\, THREE-FIFTHS\, launched Sept. 10\, 2019\, from Agora\, the diversity-focused imprint of Polis Books. THREE-FIFTHS was chosen as the launch title for the imprint and has received strong praise from Kirkus and starred reviews from the Library Journal and Booklist. \nTHREE-FIFTHS was named one of the best books of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune\, a 2019 Best Debut Novel by CrimeReads and a 2019 Top 10 Crime Fiction Debut by Booklist. \nIn addition\, THREE-FIFTHS has been nominated for: \n\nLeft Coast Crime’s “Lefty” Award for Best Debut Novel\nThe Anthony Award for Best First Novel\nBest Debut Novel (2019) for The Strand Magazine’s Critics’ Awards\nThe Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for Best First Novel.\n\nYou can find him on Twitter @jverch75\, on Instagram atjohnvercher75\, and on Facebook at John Vercher—Author. \nPlease make sure you follow the MWA-NY webpage so the livestream will be easily available. \nAnd please remember to support our indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at one of the following links or at your local indie bookstore: \n\nHockessin Bookshelf\nKew and Willow Books\nKGB Event The Cloak and Dagger
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/panel-featuring-pennsylvania-writers/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting
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SUMMARY:KGB Virtual Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join the Mystery Writers of America\, New York Chapter\, for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members. The October 13 KGB reading will be held online. \nTo let us know a headcount of attendees\, please click here to register at Eventbrite for this free panel. \nGo to the MWA page at Facebook.com or the MWA Channel at YouTube to view. \nThe readers: \nMichael Bradley\nMichael Bradley was born and raised in New Jersey\, a fact he hopes no one will hold against him. He spent eight years as a radio DJ “on the air” before realizing he needed a real job and turned to IT. Never one to waste an experience\, he uses his familiarity with life on the radio for many of his suspense novels\, among them his first\, the supernatural thriller SIRENS IN THE NIGHT (2015)\, a “smart\, terrifying\, heartbreaking” and “compelling read\,” and his third\, the thriller DEAD AIR (2020)\, a “brilliantly crafted novel” that “won’t let you up for a single breath until the final page.” You can find out more about Michael and his books at www.mbradleyonline.com. \nRuss Colchamiro\nRuss Colchamiro is the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure\, Crossline\, the SF/F backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition\, Genius de Milo\, and Astropalooza\, editor of the SF mystery anthology Love\, Murder & Mayhem\, and co-author of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls\, all with Crazy 8 Press. His newest novel\, Crackle and Fire\, the first in a new scifi mystery series featuring his intergalactic private eye\, Angela Hardwicke\, launched in September 2020. He has also contributed short stories to more than a dozen anthologies. Russ lives in New Jersey with his wife\, two ninjas\, and crazy dog Simon\, who may in fact be an alien himself. For more on and Russ’s books\, you can visit www.russcolchamiro.com\, follow him on Twitter @AuthorDudeRuss\, and ‘like’ his Facebook author page www.facebook.com/RussColchamiroAuthor. \nMatty Dalrymple\nMatty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers ROCK PAPER SCISSORS \, SNAKES AND LADDERS \, and THE IRON RING ; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels THE SENSE OF DEATH\, THE SENSE OF RECKONING\, and THE FALCON AND THE OWL; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts\, including CLOSE THESE EYES and WRITE IN WATER. Matty lives with her husband and three dogs in Chester County\, Pennsylvania\, and enjoys vacationing on Mount Desert Island\, Maine\, and Sedona\, Arizona\, and these locations provide the settings for her work. Matty is a member of Mystery Writers of America \, Sisters in Crime \, and the Brandywine Valley Writers Group . Visit her website for more information https://www.mattydalrymple.com/ \nTina deBellegarde\nTina deBellegarde lives in Catskill\, New York with her husband Denis and their cat Shelby. Winter Witness is the first book in the Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery Series. Tina also writes short stories and flash fiction. When she isn’t writing\, she is helping Denis tend their beehives\, harvest shiitake mushrooms\, and cultivate their vegetable garden. She travels to Japan regularly to visit her son Alessandro. Tina did her graduate studies in history. She is a former exporter\, paralegal\, teacher\, and library clerk. Visit her website for more information www.tinadebellegarde.com. \nJames McCrone\nJames McCrone is the author of the Imogen Trager series—Faithless Elector (2016)\, Dark Network (2017)\, and the just-released Emergency Powers (Oct. 1\, 2020)—“taut” and “gripping” political thrillers about a stolen presidency. His short story “Numbers Don’t Lie” was included in the anthology Low Down Dirty Vote\, vol. 2\, published this summer. He’s a member of the The Mystery Writers of America\, Int’l Assoc. of Crime writers\, International Thriller Writers\, Independent Book Publishers Assoc.\, Philadelphia Dramatists Center and Sisters in Crime network. James has an MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle. A Northwest native\, James now lives in Philadelphia\, with his wife and three children. You can learn more at http://jamesmccrone.com/ \nGary Earl Ross\nGary Earl Ross is a retired UB professor whose books include The Wheel of Desire\, Shimmerville\, Blackbird Rising\, Beneath the Ice\, and the Gideon Rimes mysteries Nickel City Blues and Nickel City Crossfire (Black Opal). His plays (staged in Buffalo\, Rochester\, Knoxville\, NYC\, other U.S. cities\, Canada\, England\, China\, India\, and Kazakhstan) include Picture Perfect\, Murder Squared\, The Scavenger’s Daughter\, The Mark of Cain\, The Guns of Christmas\, The Trial of Trayvon Martin\, and Matter of Intent\, winner of the Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America. Other writing honors include three Emanuel Fried Outstanding New Play Awards\, a LIFT Fiction Fellowship\, a Saltonstall Foundation Playwriting Fellowship\, an ASI-DEC artist’s grant for fiction\, and public radio commentary awards from the New York Associated Press and the New York Broadcasters Association. Both The Scavenger’s Daughter and Matter of Intent have been adapted into motion pictures by CITOC Productions of Mumbai\, India. Visit him at www.garyearlross.net. \nCathi Stoler\nCathi Stoler’s Murder On The Rocks Series features The Corner Lounge owner\, Jude Dillane and includes\, BAR NONE\, LAST CALL and STRAIGHT UP. She’s also written the suspense novels\, NICK OF TIME and OUT OF TIME and the Laurel and Helen New York Mysteries. She is a board member of Sisters in Crime New York/Tri-State\, MWA and ITW. You can reach her at www.cathistoler.com. \nPlease also make sure you Follow the MWA-NY webpage so the LiveStream will be easily available. \nAnd please remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at one of the following links or at your local indie bookstore. \n\nHockessin Bookshelf \nKew and Willow Books\nKGB Event The Cloak and Dagger \n\nReadings take place on the second Tuesday of every other month. Slots are open for December. Members who are interested in reading\, or have questions about the program\, should contact MWA New York at readings@mwany.org. \nMWA-New York is committed to the well-being of our members and attendees\, and encourage our community to follow CDC guidance on novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/kgb-virtual-reading/
CATEGORIES:KGB Virtual Reading
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SUMMARY:October virtual panel: Growing Up Mysterious: Juvenile and Young Adult Crime Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Growing up is a mystery. So perhaps it’s not surprising that people have been reading and enjoying juvenile and young adult mysteries for more than a century. Our panelists all write\, or write about\, girl sleuths\, in stories that span a hundred years of American history. While these young women solve crimes in their community\, the authors tackle important social/political issues that characterize daily life in those communities. Join Melanie Rehak\, Victoria Bond\, T.R. Simon and Richie Narvaez for a discussion of the craft and the business of writing juvenile and young adult crime fiction. Moderated by Jeff Markowitz. \n\n\n\nThe panel will stream live on the MWA-NY Facebook page.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/october-virtual-panel-growing-up-mysterious-juvenile-and-young-adult-crime-fiction/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting
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SUMMARY:Chapter meeting: Open mic members' reading
DESCRIPTION:The theme for readers: What I Wrote This Summer.\nWant to read? The event can accommodate 12 readers. To request a slot at the reading\, please email info@mwany.org no later than Sept. 12.\nWant to watch? The readings will be broadcast live online. You can watch via the MWA-NY page at Facebook.com or the MWA-NY channel at YouTube.com. To let us know a headcount of attendees\, you can register for free via Eventbrite. Please join us!
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/chapter-meeting-open-mic-members-reading/
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